13 Year Old Boy Shot Outside Bowie, Md. Middle School, Not Known if Sniper Related

CNN Breaking news ^ | 07 OCT 02 | DCBryan1

[DCBryan1]

13 year old boy shot infront of school. Police scanners on!

[Catspaw]

According to the chief in PG county, this bullet has been linked to the sniper.

[relee]

PG police Chief Wilson said the BATF said the results are in, the projectile is linked to the other shootings.

[AmericanInTokyo]

live: breaking: reporting the findings from ballistics: shooting today of boy linked with the shootings from the previous few days

[two23]

sounds like they are on to some leads (witnesses)

[mhking]

Damn!

Y'know, I'm hoping this will up the timetable on what the Administration has in play. IMO, this is definitely terror-related, and as a result, fair game in terms of Al Qaeda & Iraq.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Please change the title of thread to indicate that today's shooting of boy in Maryland is linked definitively with previous shootings in the area.....

[tortoise]

Shooter firing at the victim's reflection maybe? I've heard of hunters doing that with the reflection of a deer in a pair of slifing glass doors.

Glass is tough on bullets, and plays hell with the trajectory. Shooting through glass changes the path of the bullet, sometimes substantially, and in only somewhat predictable ways. A pro would compensate for the expected trajectory deviation caused by the glass, but even this isn't a sure thing. An amateur who doesn't know how to compensate his point of aim for the glass will very likely blow the shot unless he gets lucky.

[Sacajaweau]

Well, 1,2,3,4,5 make a 4 if connected

6 is on the north border of DC.

Connect 7 & 8. The line lies along the east border of DC

How close to #6 is Brentwood??

It's hard to find a pattern except they certainly appear to have a center to the first five...which were all kills.

I consider the window shot just a ploy to see who would show up (two cops and not a fleet).

Sac

[Bella]

13yr old boy shooting LINKED to other shootings..

[Jrabbit]

Have they ever said what kind of bullet?

[Joe Hadenuf]

You bet they just now linked the boy shooting to the rest........Breaking......

[mhking]

How close to #6 is Brentwood??

6 is near the northernmost point of DC, Brentwood is closer to the eastern point than the top.

[Bella]

Fox termed it "serial sniper"..

[Catspaw]

They just said it was identical to those recovered at the other scenes. That'd make it at .223, I do believe.

[relee]

Joe Riehl - ATF Special Agent

Q. Is it the same caliber bullet? A. It is consistant, that's how they linked it.

Q. Same caliber?
A. The projectile is identical

[VRWC_minion]

There may also be a male/female pattern.

[Peach]

Yes, schoolboy shooting today is linked to previous sniper shootings.

[Darlin']

I just heard on the radio thst they have linked the boy's shooting to the others from a bullet fragment.

[finnman69]

News: Latest shooting is linked to others based on recovered bullet from 13 year old.

[mhking]

They just said it was identical to those recovered at the other scenes. That'd make it at .223, I do believe.

Can you change the title of the thread to reflect the link, and bump this back to the top of breaking?