Sixth death linked to sniper - Police want to talk to N.C. ex-resident [Robert Gene Baker - photo]

newsobserver.com ^ | October 5, 2002

[Texas_Jarhead]

it sounds like the perp[s] is just a true wacko

[spetznaz]

From the article: The bulletin described Baker as a drug user affiliated with various militia and white supremacist groups. He is 5-feet-9 and 165 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair and tattoos on both arms and his back.

[FreedomPoster]

Ping.

[FreedomPoster]

the victims most likely were shot by a sniper using high-intensity .223-caliber bullets

Anyone know what a high intensity bullet is? < /sarcasm>

If these reporters and editors at all cared about accuracy in reporting, they'd find someone firearms-knowledgeable to review/edit their work before revealing their ignorance.

[FreedomPoster]

it sounds like the perp[s] is just a true wacko

While I hope this is really "the guy" and that he is picked up soon, "druggie and has a gun of the right caliber and in the area" doesn't nail it down enough for me to feel really, really good about this guy being "it". Someone to BOLO and check out, yes, but I'd have to have a lot more info to start thinking he's "it".

[fone]

uh oh...

He's not arrested yet though. I wonder if they have any other suspects

[fone]

>>>a lot more info to start thinking he's "it"<<<

I was thinking as the 'puter was booting up and the coffee was brewing this morning that they must be hearing an outcry from the public for some sort of a *description.*

His disappearing Monday is convenient...

[CFW]

.....charged with not wearing a seat belt

oh my gosh! Hang him!

[fone]

Here he is? Ping

[FSPress]

The very idea that such high-intensity open-field weaponry was being brought to bear covertly on suburbanites chilled residents trying to go about their business.

"You're afraid standing here that somebody might come along and shoot you -- you know it's possible," said Loretta Betesch, 42, an insurance saleswoman, pausing in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, where the first victim was gunned down on Wednesday. "It could happen anywhere. It's very unnerving."

Translation...........The sheep are getting nervous. There are predators about.

There were always predators around, but the sheep didn't pay attention until they were awakened by the media.

[fone]

..."The bulletin described Baker as a drug user"...

And the lawyer has a ready-made defense!

[fone]

LOL! Yes, lord knows we can not tolerate renegades who fail to *buckle up*! LOL

[Lion Den Dan]

"You're afraid standing here that somebody might come along and shoot you -- you know it's possible," ***

True --about someone shooting you or me, but folks should not be afraid. Since I live in KY, I can shoot back so the potential shooter needs have fear.

Now comes the part about the convenient suspect, hmmm?

[SauronOfMordor]

There were always predators around, but the sheep didn't pay attention until they were awakened by the media.

I once remarked to a secretary at work: "Most people are only alive because nobody has been particularly interested in killing them". She thought about that for a while

[Free Trapper]

Good one.

[Skywalk]

Good point. I said something similar to my mother, that we basically live assuming basic non-interest/goodwill from our neighbors. Anyone can snipe me as I bike or walk to a convenience store in Seattle.

Heck, the guy sitting behind me on the bus may decide I have to die and slashes my throat. Needless to say, I look around at people a bit more than I did years ago.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

FOX NOW REPORTING POLICE HAVE ANNOUNCED THIS MAN IS NOT, REPEAT NOT, LINKED TO KILLINGS.

[Skywalk]

Which is what I was thinking. Last time I checked, white supremacist types don't go around shooting blonde haired white women(Laurie Lewis-Rivera was one)