Ah, the man was shot by a sniper. How many of these do we have outside of the recent series of sniper attacks? Can we safely say this was related? I think so. I think the two men shot with another gun were also victims of the same sniper(s).
I have a question. Do we have an environmental whacko on the loose here? Many of these people have been shot at gas stations. All have been shot right next to their cars. There are places where you can shoot folks in public that are not right next to their cars. Just a thought.
This really shouldn't surprise anyone.
One time, I was just pulling into a parking space at an area at a local mall, when it had just opened, when I saw a man kind of running from the entrance. About ten seconds later, three Arab guys who owned a jewlry store came running out too. They ran across the parking lot, into a wooded area, right through the line of vision of a cop sitting in his car, facing them perpendicular. A small crowd then came out, as did a few employees who started walking about 100 yards to wherethe cop was. He finally drove up to the front of the mall and asked "what's wrong?". I Said, "You didn't see that guy run by, with three people chasing him?". He said "No. I saw these kids here"(who had just walked out to see what was happening, and the cop decided to harass them). He never saw it. I bet he was sleeping. No other way. If he was awake and looking in any direction, except behind him, he would have to had seen it.
I gave the cops a good description, left and drove around areas I though he may have run to. Didn't find him. I was wearing some slip-on deck shoes, and would have had no chance of catching the guy even if I had gottn out of my truck and chased him when I first saw him. I was afraid to pull out my gun and tell him to get down with a cop around(who I was sure must be seeing what was happening). Cops are not always aware of what is going on around them. It wouldn't have surprised me if there had been five cops nearby when the sniper shot.