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**The Mad Monk** · October 10, 2002, 01:14

Yeah, his kill / death ratio is really lousy.

**Timexwatch** · October 10, 2002, 01:41

Signs don't point to a professional.

First, he's using .223 / 5.56mm ammo...IIRC, that can kill, but it's better used for armor piercing. If he was really serious, he'd be using 7.62mm rounds for maximum effect. From what I've read, 5.56 is easier for untrained or informally trained snipers to shoot.

But then again, it's been years since I've shot, so I am veeeeeeeeery rusty.

Also, I'm watching live coverage of a gas station death in Manassas, VA. They're not confirming or denying anything.

**Capt Dizle** · October 10, 2002, 01:58

Jan 20 Mar 13 May 4 Jun 25 Aug 16 Oct 7 Nov 28

The above days are candidates for the birthdate of the killer, who may have washed out of the military.

**Capt Dizle** · October 10, 2002, 02:03

38 yr old white male detained...

**ixnay** · October 10, 2002, 02:13

link?

**Dis** · October 10, 2002, 03:37

yes a link dammit!!

What some of you don't realize (I think, I haven't read the whole thread) is the 13 yr old kid getting shot might be an entirely separate crime. ie a copycat crime. So that card left might not relate to the original 5 shootings.

**The Mad Monk** · October 10, 2002, 05:37

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
You can match casings to bullets.

Is that possible in instances where the bullet fragments, as is often the case with this kind of round?

**MRT144** · October 10, 2002, 05:51

wouldnt it just be easier to match casings to firing pins?

**Sikander** · October 10, 2002, 06:21

Originally posted by jimmytrick
But they match the shell to the earlier shootings which would seem to exclude a copycat.

Of course it could be a police ploy to get him to reveal something of himself. Serial killers hate it when false info is spread about them.

AFAIK this is the first shell casing that has been left behind, previous reports have only mentioned bullets and bullet fragments. This is a great clue potentially, as there may be a fingerprint, and the mark left by the firing pin will likely be better evidence than a bullet fragment.

As for the psychological profile, I think Chief Moose's interview got to this guy, and part of him wants to get caught and stop this. The rest of him that was so f***ed up that he was capable of this in the first place rationalizes this into playing cat and mouse with the police. Thus a clue, finally.

**Lars-E** · October 10, 2002, 12:48

So, who wants to move to Washington DC? A friend said she was going to, but that was before the shootings. Wonder what she feels now...

**Jac de Molay** · October 10, 2002, 12:55

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,65275,00.html

Quickest one I could find for the guy detained. Doesn't sound like their man.

**DanS** · October 10, 2002, 13:45

"So, who wants to move to Washington DC?"

Montgomery County, where most of these shootings are taking place, has a murder rate in line with most European countries.

**Dis** · October 10, 2002, 15:07

Come on people!!

The casing was only left at 1 location. Doesn't that clue you in that this is a completely separate incident? This is a copycat.

**The Mad Monk** · October 10, 2002, 15:21

I think it's a copycat, but that dosen't mean that I'm not going to leave my options open.

**Dis** · October 10, 2002, 15:23

and of course even if it is a copycat he needs to be caught as well.

But the card seems strange to me. That is why I think it is unrelated to the others.

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