[aristeides]

I just heard on WTOP that there is now a ballistics match between the shooting on Georgia Ave. in D.C. last night, and the Montgomery Co. shootings the previous two days (or at least the three of them that have been matched up to now -- the rest will probably be matched to those three shortly.)

Did you notice how close that shooting on Georgia Ave. was to Takoma Park, tgsltakoma?

[FreeTheHostages]

ballistics match. damn.

if he's killing in DC, that's a real problem. local DC cops are lazy and a bunch are out on full-paid disability half the time. they can't do saturation patrols like in MD or VA.

[tubebender]

They broke into the Gretta show with a brief announcement from the sherrif stating they had 4 matches including the one in DC. Pretty scary...

[Fred Mertz]

They held that 9:15 pm shooting under wraps for awhile, didn't they?

They fooled me because I didn't think it was related until you just broke the news to me.

[tgslTakoma]

Did you notice how close that shooting on Georgia Ave. was to Takoma Park, tgsltakoma?

Yes, I did. It's part of my commuter route home some evenings. Depending on the time of day, I drive right past the shooting location. Some nights when I'm coming home from a night on call I stop at the McD's for a milk shake.

Last night I heard of the Georgia Ave shooting as I was driving home from a call, so I came straight home via a different route.

Tonight listening to the media briefing, and hearing that the DC shooting is part of the sniper attack, I'm getting really pissed-off. So much so that I have said "pissed-off" three times tonight rather than my usual polite "PO'd."

And again, now that this DC shooting is linked with three of the others, Kalmia Rd and Georgia Ave is within sight of Jessup Blair Park.

Investigators should be able to get an idea of direction of shot fired, by examining wound path, shouldn't they? Will they tell us if the shots appear to have been fired from the park-like areas in the vicinity of the shootings?

(big sarcasm alert)
OK, I am now convinced that there is nothing to see here. And it's definitely not a terrorist event. I'm going to take a shower now. And tomorrow I will go shopping. (Not bloody likely, Doug Duncan!)