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Okay, I checked #141. This is the same post antivenom put up the other day on another thread and I pointed out the many inconsistancies of antivenom's theory. My Response

In the interest of getting a clearer understanding of the surrounding area, I provided an aerial photo of the area:

The Amoco Gas Station (cabbie,victim #3)is in the bottom left of the photo (left structure is store, right structure is canopy over pumps)

The tan roofed building at the top center in the shopping center is the Michael's store. the green expanse on the right is the cemetary. You can not draw a straight line from the cemetary to the front of the Michaels store (obstructed by five-sided building on the right side of parking lot) and you cannot even see the gas station from the cemetary as the gas station also lies about 30 feet below the cemetary grade and the parking lot across the street from the station is about 10 feet higher than the gas station.

The cemetary, by the way, is guarded and patroled. It is huge and therefore, an above average traffic flow on a daily basis.

If you go back to antivenom's post #141, you would see that too many assumptions are being made. I tried to point that out to him on the previous thread and antivenom decided he wasn't going to let the facts get in the way of his apparent agenda.(whatever it may be...)

Going by the photo where do you think the shooter was located when he/she shot the taxi driver?

What about parking the truck in the alley, and getting on top of one of the buildings?

Thanks for the pic. It helps a lot. Looks like the shootings could only have been done from parking lots. What's your take on it?

Where'd you get the pic?

Gathering info and having opinion on FR is now an agenda...well kiss my grits!

Thanks for posting that aerial photo. In an earlier thread I had made a comment, based on my not reading thoroughly added to my faulty memory, that I think began a misunderstanding as regards the Gate of Heaven cemetary. I have a couple things to add/clarify regarding your comments.

The cabbie was at a Mobil gas station, which is located as you noted, in the lower left of the aerial photo (Aspen Hill Rd. and Connecticut Ave.) There is an Amoco gas station, but it is located at Aspen Hill Rd. and Georgia Ave. - which is in sight of GOH cemetary. There is also another gas station (Chevron, I think) at Connecticut Ave and Georgia Ave. - and that is the station I mistook as being the scene of the cabbie's murder - which is also in sight of GOH.

I can't think of any "cover" area in line with the Mobil station where the shooter could have laid in wait for his victim, other than a church lot and pet cemetary on Aspen Hill Rd., almost across from the Michaels store (center bottom and rt of center bottom of your aerial photo); and that line is broken, or almost so, by the Giant food store (large gray roof at bottom left of center in photo). I am not teribly familiar with southern Connecticut Ave (out of photo view at bottom left), but I seem to recall a fair amount of tree cover at both sides of road; not sure if parkland or not.

Now, why cops may have checked roof of Giant makes some sense... Mobil station is much lower elevation than ground where Giant is, and church property directly abutting rear of Giant is even higher elevation than Giant itself. IIRC, church property edge is steep hill from edge of Giant rear, church grounds almost level with roofline of Giant.

Last thing, then I have to get working on signs for Clinton FReep... you are correct that Michaels store is not in shooting line from GOH cemetary, but it is in line with pet cemetary and church grounds (bottom rt and center rt. of aerial photo).

I apologize for giving incorrect information in earlier threads, and made corrective notes on those threads as soon as I caught my error a couple of days ago.