I agree. The killing part could be attributed to a lone wingnut, but the escape and evasion (E&E for the uninitiated) seems to be carefully laid out. Thee seem to be calculated and executed. I am not althogether conviced that it is a T/C Contender, but the possibility exists. I am inclined to believe that this is not a domestic wingnut. This is beginning to demonstrate a knowledge of tactics and planning. To me that indicates that this is on cold bastard. And, there has been a couple of posts that postulate that he is getting careless etc. Hmmm.. it seems to me that the last two (where they lived) were from a GREATER distance than the previous. So, if we postulate that thee are two individuals, with only one weapon, and that the last 2 are from a second shooter, perhaps one that is jealous of the "legend" status that his compadre will have already achieved by his successful elimination of kafir and, is not quite as disciplined as the first and neglects to recover his brass from his shooting point. It is one of those things that makes you go Hmmmm....
On another front, They are only now finding the shooting points. THAT tells me that the shooter(s) did some preliminary homework. IF they are shooting from prone, then the shooting point and the location of the escape vehicle has been carefully planned.
I am extremely curious if there has been any reports of a sound signature (gunshots) heard by anyone.
I shouldn't say this, but very effective suppressor is a 2-liter Coke bottle with an "X" cut in the bottom taped to the muzzle of an AR-15. (old training has a tendancy to surface in these trying times) wouldn't attract a lot of atention if it were discarded in a trash barrel a ways away from the scene. Be assured that if this is an AQ affair, then they ahve been WELL TRAINED in field expedient methods.
Semper Fi
I wouldn't worry about that, make shift silencers/suppressors and other make shift crude weapons and tools of this type are basically old news and been on the World Wide Web for years...
You're making it too complicated. There's no need for an elaborate plan or special tactics. All that's necessary is to make a right turn into traffic, and you're invisible as long as you don't drive like an idiot. You don't even have to be headed anywhere in particular. Just stay on the road and drive away.
Assuming you picked your spot well enough (also not difficult if you know what you're looking for), there's almost no chance you'll be connected to the crime.