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two shots ?

doesn't fit the m.o.,
but maybe that's the point ...

That's a good point. Hadn't thought of that - two shots don't fit the pattern.

Does anyone know if ALL the victims were shot where other people would see them fall?
I just thought of this while reading another article - about a body found in a wooded area. It occurred to me that the "sniper" victims that I had read about were always in a public place.

How many times was the woman that survived shot?

"two shots ? doesn't fit the m.o., but maybe that's the point ..."

. . .the m.o. so far is random. . .

Two quick shots... or a two (or more) round burst from a full-auto, possibly surpressed weapon. My original theory (posted on a related thread) was for a bolt-action, as they tend to be more accurate; but many auto guns are capable of sniper accuracy out to 400 meters or more. Although Military Riflemen claim that the M-16 and it's varients are accurate out to over 600 meters, my experience with a very similar round - the .222 Remington - is that it starts losing velocity and accuracy pretty quickly beyond 200 meters. I have popped many a woodchuck with one back in my youth.

Another feature of these high velocity (3000 Feet per Second or more) small caliber rounds is that they tend to disintegrate or even vaporize upon impact with almost anything; even a blade of grass will cause some of them to blow up; I used to like this feature when varmint hunting, as it minimized downrange hazzards due to riccochets.
This same effect causes the almost ledgendary immediate incapacitation effect of these rounds; although the bullet contains no explosive per se, it comes apart when destabilized upon contact with the explosive force of at least a cherry-bomb. When that happens inside of a human body, which is mostly fluid, it creates a hydrostatic shock wave which transmits the explosive blow of impact throughout the entire system - including the brain - which is why a person or animal squarely hit with one of these more often than not goes down as if struck by a lightning bolt or as if whacked in the head with a sledgehammer. Due to considerable tissue destruction, hemmorage is severe and typically fatal. If the bullet remains sufficiently intact to exit the body (often they do not, but a military full-metal jacketed bullet sometimes will) the exit wound will be far bigger than the entrance, and quite a lot of blood and tissue will be explosively ejected with the remnants of the projectile. This would account for the "splatter" blood pattern on the side of some of the Victim's vehicles. The hole in the window behind the female Victim at the P.O. could have been made more by an ejected fragment of her scull than a bullet. It's not a pretty sight.

Recent developments are all pretty much consistent with a few of the theories posted here, and I will not be surprised if we see more specific targeting by these Perps in the near future, to include children and Police Officers.
The timing might be a coincedence... but I rather doubt it.

Stay tuned... and remain vigilent.