Woman Is Detained in Sniper Hunt

Associated Press ^ | Wed Oct 9, 1:11 PM ET | By DAVID DISHNEAU, Writer

[GummyIII]

Police detain Maryland man

[Thommas]

I've been thinking there's a high probability it's a teenage boy who in disenchanted with his life, and plays lots of violent video games.

Well, although this is an interesting thought, I'm not sure the tie in of "violent video games" is all that strong. Such "ad hoc, ergo proctor hoc" arguments have been made to impugn rock music, t.v. shows, movies, fast food and many other items of profusion in modern culture. Another way of looking at such a straw man implication, would be to note, when the murdering perp is found, that he/she drove an SUV; the surmise, SUV driver's are more apt to be serial killers.

[Freedom2specul8]

Gummy, thanks for finding this article..



BETHESDA, Md. — Police on Wednesday afternoon detained a Kensington, Md., man "of previous interest" to investigators after being called to his home and finding a cache of weapons.


It was unclear if the 38-year-old white male, who was not named, is connected to the Maryland serial sniper investigation.

Police sources told Fox News they were called to the scene by the man's mother, who reported he was firing shots out of a window of his home.

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose said in a news conference that there were bullet holes found in the walls of the house. Police also found a large supply of guns.

Officials said the man had not been arrested, but was being held for a possible psychological examination. A source described the man as a gun collector who might be mentally unstable, and indicated investigators had already spoken to him as part of their investigation into the sniper shootings.

The man's Kensington home is in Montgomery County, the scene of five of the eight area shootings that have left six dead and two others injured.

[ChadGore]

Tarot card?

Duh! It's Ms. Cleo ! The thing is, she 'knows' we don't know.

[leadhead]

If the perp stops now or moves to another state, heck, county, to do it again for a couple of days, or if he's arrested and sent up the river 20 to life for a single doobie, they'll never catch him

Combined with the other comments, I think you've hit an essential piece of info. The Death card is not about death but about terminating a particular phase in life. The card and the casing might have been his goodbye note.

Other reports had something written on the back like "Father/Mother/Son/King/Priest". Which would all appear in a Tarot casting. He may be that whacked that this was his goal to reach "Godliness". drop 5 that fit the requirements.

The high school comments are also appropriate based on the shooting times. All before and after school hours.

Profilers are probably working overtime on this. The stilted language, the hours, the hits and the goodbye clues.

[archy]

Imagine some Monday morning, waking to the news of snipers in 20 different American Cities. Not cool.

"We have Nicaragua, soon we will have El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Mexico. One day, tomorrow or five years or fifteen years from now, we're going to take five to ten million Mexicans and they are going into Dallas, into El Paso, into Houston, Into New Mexico, into San Diego, and each one will have embedded in his mind the idea of killing ten Americans.

-- Thomas Borge, Nicaraguan Interior Minister, as quoted in the Washington Times, March 27, 1985.

[tubebender]

When I saw tgh headline I thought of what Rush said today..."only women read tarot cards"

[leadhead]

Imagine some Monday morning, waking to the news of snipers in 20 different American Cities. Not cool. "We have Nicaragua, soon we will have El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Mexico. One day, tomorrow or five years or fifteen years from now, we're going to take five to ten million Mexicans and they are going into Dallas, into El Paso, into Houston, Into New Mexico, into San Diego, and each one will have embedded in his mind the idea of killing ten Americans. -- Thomas Borge, Nicaraguan Interior Minister, as quoted in the Washington Times, March 27, 1985.

Remember the Alamo! Let's Roll!

[Rockpile]

I believe that "THEY" would think it was funny. And they would be expressing contempt to their pursuers also.

Well, perhaps we shall eventually find out.

[jwfiv]

I remember that quote from back then...and saw it recently here on FR. What we reap today was sown yesterday. Appeasement and denial sow the seeds of a bitter harvest.

Thanks for the reminder. May all those Sandanista devils burn in hell, beginning with that little generalissimo Ortega-dirtbag.

[PoisedWoman]

Interesting. "Policeman" is a tipoff...a career criminal would say cop I think. This has some earmarks of a youngster at work. Someone taught to respect the law. Taught to use gun by his/her dad. I don't like the way this adds up. I'd like to see the handwriting on that card. Maybe an ESL student, but more likely an unlikely young American. Damn!

[smoking camels]

hmmmmmmmm.... I missed this obvious hint.... good job partner....

[CobaltBlue]

I live in Fairfax and go to Fredericksburg rather often. Don't spend much time in Montgomery County and almost never in PG county.

So the Fredericksburg hit caught my eye. In my mind, it's clearly exactly what someone who was not familiar with the area would do, under the circumstances. That shopping center is right off the Interstate. It's even visible from the Interstate (I-95).

I do go to both Montgomery County and PG County and have driven almost all roads involved in the shootings myself in the last year.

If you live in DC and drive in DC, there are certain traffic patterns that you just know, especially if you don't stay in one jurisdiction all the time.

The shooter clearly either lives in Montgomery County, works there, or has a connection there. The other shootings are designed to call attention away from himself (less likely, herself).

[CobaltBlue]

Lee Highway. Chit!

[Shermy]

Update - Lee Highway shooting was "between acquaintances."

[willyone]

Learn how to spell Tarot before lecturing on being educated.

[TheBattman]

the sniper apparently picked victims at random and fired from a distance with a high-powered hunting or military-style rifle.

Buckle Up boys and girls - get ready for the call to outlaw such "dangerous" weapons. It's been entirely too long since the last big gun battle in congress. I would imagine that this case will eventually add lots of cannon fodder to the anti-2nd Amendment crazies.

Tinfoil hat time - could this possibly be a political attack? Someone using a "sniper" weapon to actually force the issue???? I certainly hope not.... But just think about it - if they ever catch the person/persons - they will be perfectly legal, under current law, gun purchasers that went wrong - no previous criminal or mental record -

[Travis McGee]

This case will be cracked by a relative of the sniper.

"Firing shots out of a window of his house" may = "testing his homemade suppressor".

[Travis McGee]

And then will be imbedded in each of their minds a .308 or .223 slug.

[Travis McGee]

In my novel, the week after the stadium massacre Congress outlaws the private possession of all semi auto centerfire rifles.

The reaction to this is so dire that a week later the President is forced to sign an emergency decree outlawing scopes mounted on rifles.

(Imagine a million deer rifles in angry hands aimed at one rather small clique of federal bosses.)