Back when it was happening, I was telling people I expected the sniper to turn out to be a Muslim testing the viability of this technique in the US.
If he had been able to continue the operation with impunity, visualize the effect on the struggling US economy of a couple dozen sniper teams wandering through the country targeting mall parking lots during Christmas shopping season, and hiding in the woods along interstate highways, targeting gasoline tanker trucks with 7.62 tracer rounds (during rush hour). In terms of economic impact, it might have been comparable to the effect of 9/11.
I wonder what the Ohio I-270 sniper will turn out to be?