[OReilly]

The found .223 cartridge could be a red herring<<<<< Good point!

The 6 from the Portland cell were arrested with a kit of ammo that included 1 piece of 223 brass and hundreds of larger caliber rounds.

[Elenya]

Interesting. But see post #608.

[r9etb]

The 6 from the Portland cell were arrested with a kit of ammo that included 1 piece of 223 brass and hundreds of larger caliber rounds.

Why just 1 round? That seems pointless at first glance.

OTOH, there may well be a good explanation: it could mean that they were training hard with .223 weapons, and had shot up their store of that ammo. It's easy enough to buy more -- but perhaps they hadn't gotten around to it.