[Fishtalk]

You make good points. I'm with everyone re it's unlikely that no one has any sort of description of the shooter. So many shootings in broad daylight at rush hour - seems someone would have to see something.

I'll tell you something else, just speculating this morning, chain smoking and worried to no end. I manage a shopping center right by this PG county shooting and go there often. But a well-planned sniper attack would take into account the always-present problem of different police jurisdictions. Cops are known to be protective of "their" cases, often causing investigations to go awry. So far, there's been shootings in four jurisdictions in this state (one in DC) and hey, let me say it now, I'm not overly impressed with the police in this state, no much their being "politically corrected" into non-action in this liberal hell of a social experiment.

It's hinky, nothing less. This has all the earmarks of a professional action, not a nut case reacting with emotion rather than logic. Someone is carrying out this "attack" very logically.

[Peach]

I think this is very well planned too, with easy get-away points. A nut job isn't typically so well organized, generally being too crazy to plan so carefully. I'm sure there have been exceptions and Freepers could point to this or that case in the past, but given today's post 9/11 climate, it's all too easy and understandable to suspect strongly that this is Islamic terrorism. We've all seen the tapes of the terrorists planning various attacks and they are very well trained.

[Peach]

I think this is very well planned too, with easy get-away points. A nut job isn't typically so well organized, generally being too crazy to plan so carefully. I'm sure there have been exceptions and Freepers could point to this or that case in the past, but given today's post 9/11 climate, it's all too easy and understandable to suspect strongly that this is Islamic terrorism. We've all seen the tapes of the terrorists planning various attacks and they are very well trained.

[Katya]

I think you're right regarding the various police jurisdictions. I would add the timing for the shootings makes more sense when you take into account that in Suburbia you find less people walking around or waiting for buses etc. than in a city. The exception being rush hour when people are walking to or waiting for public transport.
Compare this with DC or Baltimore, where there is a much greater increase in pedestrians...the only issue for a sniper would be the traffic snarl encountered moving anywhere within the city. During midday, in these car based areas, you're hard pressed to find anyone outside.