Maryland Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary

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[Peach]

To avoid multiple vanity threads regarding any news that comes from press conferences, let's keep a live commentary thread going again today.

[Joe Hadenuf]

There are not going to tell us if this is linked.....Saying they don't know yet......And they may not....

[relee]

Moose: still too early to tell if the shootings are linked.

[Elenya]

I know it is fun to look things up on Google and see what crazy things turn up.

I know what you mean. You fin AMAZING stuff with Google. Here is the one I found yesterday while doing a search for "Dear Mr. Policeman"

On the same thread, you can read:

-- Posted by DOC on 7:23 am on June 2, 2001 I've spread it around! You should see the looks! Like a Fart in Church! TOO BAD! I've said all along "Dear Mr. Policeman: I know where you live, where your wife shops and where your kids go to school. Have a nice day!"

-- Posted by Az Redneck on 3:35 am on June 21, 2001 Do ya'll remember Detective Mark Fuhrman during the OJ Simpson trial? (He's the one who lied about saying the "N" word)...Remember what he said? "Out there I AM God!".... ALL cops think alike. Those who don't, quit.....

LINK

And yes, there are many sources that show that God is a common names used by snipers in movies or games, some even say by pros.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Whoooa, he really hasn't said anything, why the hell is he having a news conference? He has already gone to questions from reporters.....No info at all......

[antivenom]

	POSSIBLE attack on Sept 14, 2002 Man shot and survived a shot to the back. Shooting at liquor store STILL be investigated happened at about 10 PM while closing the store.
	SHOT a window - 5:20 p.m. Oct. 2: Windows shot at craft store in the unincorporated Aspen Hill area of Montgomery County, Md. No one hurt.	HE has ADMITTED HE IS G-D!!!  He was at the "Gates of Heaven" He has sent the letter I predicted, he is taunting the police...the real fun begins with him...he is NOT interested in the death count he WANTS and CRAVES the cat and mouse game with the police. He started his shooting at a cemetery with a HUGE outline of a CROSS.  First shot fired at a store...named Michaels (arch angel???) shot most likely fired from the "symbolic" cemetery  (GATE OF HEAVEN) that has a CROSS in the center of it. RED circle represents 900 ft diamter - see scale in the upper right hand corner in all little maps. WEDNESDAY  -  October 2 first of two shootings 5:20 PM
	- 6:04 p.m. Oct. 2: James D. Martin, 55, of Silver Spring, Md., killed in grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Md. (Montgomery County)	Second shot FIRST victim - safety of a park again? WEDNESDAY October 2  -  second of two shootings    6:04 PM
- 7:41 a.m. Oct. 3: James L. "Sonny" Buchanan, 39, of Arlington, Va., killed while cutting grass auto dealership in unincorporated White Flint area. (Montgomery County)		Third shot - 2nd victim - the "comfort of a park??? THURSDAY October 3  -  FIRST shooting  7:41 AM
SEE FIRST Terra Picture...ABOVE	- 8:12 a.m. Oct. 3: Taxi driver Prem Kumar Walekar, 54, of Olney, Md., killed at gas station in Rockville, Md. (Montgomery County)	Fourth shot - 3rd victim - BACK at the first scene...is it symbolic? "Gate of Heaven"??? Felt safe there? Wanted to practice LONGER range shots??? THURSDAY October 3 -   second shooting  8:12 AM Following these Scriptural passages, Christian tradition gives to St. Michael four offices: To fight against Satan. To rescue the souls of the faithful from the power of the enemy, especially at the hour of death. To be the champion of God's people, the Jews in the Old Law, the Christians in the New Testament; therefore he was the patron of the Church, and of the orders of knights during the Middle Ages. To call away from earth and bring men's souls to judgment ("signifer S. Michael repraesentet eas in lucam sanctam", Offert. Miss Defunct. "Constituit eum principem super animas suscipiendas", Antiph. off. Cf. "Hermas", Pastor, I, 3, Simil. VIII, 3).
	- 8:37 a.m. Oct. 3: Sarah Ramos, 34, of Silver Spring, killed outside post office in Silver Spring. (Montgomery County)	Fifth shot - 4th victim - hmmmm 2 parks to pick from....3 THURSDAY October 3 -  third shooting  8:37 AM Silver Spring Maryland
	- 9:58 a.m. Oct. 3: Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, 25, of Silver Spring, slain as she vacuumed her van at a gas station in Kensington, Md. (Montgomery County)	Sixth shot - 5th victim- Parks near by but suspect shots were fired from the railway tracks...possible walked from one of the parks. Suspect probably has a knapsack and field strips the gun to conceal it ??? THURSDAY October 3 -  fourth shooting (another PERP that doesn't need to use a park???) 9:58 AM
	- 9:15 p.m. Oct. 3: Pascal Charlot, 72, of Washington, D.C., killed while standing on a Washington street.	Seventh shot - sixth victim- walking near a ....PARK! THURSDAY October 3 fifth shooting  -  9:20 PM
	No picture yet - 2:30 p.m. Friday: 43-year-old woman wounded in craft store parking lot in Fredericksburg, Va.	Friday October 4  -  - one assault victim - out of state...seems to break pattern...BUT the target has shot victim at a Michaels store...wonder about the surroundings...wonder if area is surrounded by trees to allow "cover", I suspect entrance to the area was alond the stream/river from I-95 heading WNW towards the red star.  (another PERP that doesn't need to use a park???)      AM   Differnet ammo? Has he altered the lead prior to shooting to make the lead distort?
XIII Death A card that may inspire fear when drawn, this is not a augery of death as literal ending of life, but rather, signals a time of endings and beginnings, and the path of life itself... The image shows a pilgrim on a lonely path of self-knowledge, courageously moving through one gate of transformation after another , steadily placing one foot before the other... accepting changes as they come, casting away what weighs her down on her journey, so that she may move forward into the new, unencumbered by fear, regret or sorrow... It is time to see what changes are before you, and to be willing to walk through your own gates of transformation...	Oct 7 2002 - 8:09 a.m. Monday: 13-year-old boy wounded as he is dropped off at school in Bowie, Md. (Prince George's County) Dear Policeman, I am G-d.   (rumor in the news has it that there is additional notes on the Tarot card suggesting that the sniper wants to have a dialogue WITHOUT the media involved)	MONDAY October 7  -  - one assault victim - BACK to the "park" pattern.    8:09 AM Dear Policeman, I am G-d.  Found in the vicintity of this shooting...he has begun the public taunt. Differnet ammo? Has he altered the lead prior to shooting to make the lead distort? Tuesday October 8  -  NO SHOOTINGS - Wednesday October 9 -  We wait...SCHOOL OUT in Montgomery County...teachers meeting day.
	Oct 9 2002 - 8:15 p.m. Wednesday: Man killed after paying for gas at a station in Manassas, Va. Possible link to previous shootings under investigation. Dean Myers of Gaithersburg - 53 years old	?!?--> Battlefield <-- ?!? Sunoco 7203 Sudley Rd Manassas, VA  20109 Have a park near by...IS he using these parks somehow?  Is he using the park days in advance to plan his attack. Does he park a vehicle and walk to the shooting area days in advance? Is his "cover" somehow "park related" and park police (as example) or a park "grounds keeper"...does he pretend to be a bird watcher? with binoluars??? I am NOT suggesting that he is actually FIRING from the park...BUT I find the parks near most locations interesting. I had also predicted he is going to FIRE into a college campas...or cause panic at a campus...is he getting ready to do this?  He has all public schools quaking...He is close to a Community College.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I am convinced most of the people in the press are losers who could never work at anything else, manage a company, meet a payroll, etc.

What stupid questions. The state of American journalism schools has really hit bottom.

It really comes out in press conferences like these.

[Joe Hadenuf]

These news conferences are a waste of time.....Nothing new here at all.......Or they are just being tight lipped...

[Sacajaweau]

James Buchanan is the name of a President but I'm sure that is a coincidence and the more important thing is that he had a free lance landscape maintenance business.

He was shot in the chest.

Sac

[Peach]

Reporter: "Well just what ARE you able to talk about at this point". Moose: "blah blah". Basically nothing. They really need to call off these press conferences unless they have something to say.

[relee]

Moose:
Q. Terrorists?
A. We continue to keep an open mind.

Q. When will we know?
A. I don't have the capacity to talk about a time frame.

Q. What will happen with the bullet recovered.
A. Sir, there's noone here that has that information.

[Dog]

I think tight lipped and they hold these news conferences to keep the public calm.....and the media off their back.

[Shooter 2.5]

The trajectory would point to the matted area. The case could have been a plant but the damage would point to the type of damage a 5.56/.223 would cause. If there's a cannelure around the bullet, the cartrdge could only be 5.56/.223. That "someone else" matting down the area and leaving clues the night before would have been the killer.

[Route66]

I'm trying to catch up, too. There are so many threads being posted to on this story it's really hard to get through them. I've tried to scan all of them as fast as I could before going to work. Looks like this one has the most activity this morning so I'll keep checking back here.

I am interested in what I read somewhere this morning about the killer supposedly asking the police not to release the tarot card info to the public. For heaven's sake, how much did he write on that little card? Or did he call them? Or did he say that in the 'manifesto' he left with the card that they haven't mentioned yet? Very interesting...

[Joe Hadenuf]

I am starting to think this is linked to the other shootings. Otherwise they would have told us there were discrepancies......This is looking more and more like another sniper guy shooting.....

[Peach]

The only reason I can think to leave a signature item behind and then a handwritten note and ask police not to release the signature item is that there is more than one shooter and they are in competition. Any other ideas, anybody?

[valleygal]

Just a side note on the child who was shot. This may have already been mentioned on MD's local news but my local talk radio is saying he was not allowed on the bus and had to be driven because he had candy. Mentioned "zero tolerance" (which he said means "zero intelligence"). Bus driver told aunt he couldn't ride on bus. Anyone else heard this?

[aristeides]

The way the Washington Post article phrased it, that "handwritten" request might have been written on another paper, not necessarily on the tarot card.

[Sacajaweau]

Well, they couldn't discount it so it sounds like it is more likely linked than not.

Sac

[katmom]

anything new on the reported SE DC/PG Co. shooting today?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Haven't heard that yet.....Still catching up myself. But this latest news conferences is offering nothing new......I am starting to think this latest shooting is a link.....