[Milwaukee_Guy]

After over a week of this I'm dumbstruck a passerby hasn't seen -something- or -anything- relevant.

This isn't the rice paddies of Vietnam or a deer hunter hiding alone in the woods with no other human around.

I've read every theory possible the last week but one fact remains. Somebody is firing a very loud "high powered" rifle in a busy suburban/urban area and ........just walks/drives away?

What other scenario comes close? The sniper duels in Stalingrad. Lebanon, Serejevo?

[madison10]

The problem may be that people HAVE seen activities/actions that are relevant. How would they know? The snipers are blending in either on foot or in the vehicle(s)

The whole thing DOES remind me of "Enemy at the Gates" and the building to building scenes. (Heaven's Gate Cemetery? Nevermind.) It's not possible these/this goon(s) is trying to pull our military into this is it?

I'm not just trying to throw out wild ideas. Not having a conclusion is unsettling, like trying to find one's way out of dark room.

[OKSooner]

No, this isn't a sniper duel. This is someone who's acquired, or made, a suppressor for a .223 caliber rifle, which makes more sense than attempting to suppress a bigger caliber like a .308 or some kind of magnum. (You're looking at a logarithmic function, iirc, as the caliber increases.) Add to that the probability that they're firing from some kind of truck with sound deadening material, or from a position with natural sound deflection, and that's it. It goes POP one time, and that's that.

The guy or guys just slither, or drive, away. Or maybe they don't even move at all for awhile, and leave after it gets dark.

[habs4ever]

He doesn't flee then.He fits in and can casually leave the scene as no one would think he's out of place.Therefore, he MAY not be a Muslim, or in any kind of uniform, and may have a vehicle that is too common for most to suspect.

This more and more smells to me like 2 teams working each State, and in no need to travel far to risk anything that could cause their capture.