[B Knotts]

Maybe he's a PETA nut showing humans what it's like to be hunted.

I had the same thought today.

Maybe two PETA nuts.

[Paleo Conservative]

Maybe two PETA nuts.

I would exepct a PETA or Earth First terrorist to strike visitors to a zoo.

[Lawdoc]

I don't know if anyone has come up with this convoluted, psychotic M.O. (I have to credit my bride for most of this theory) - Is it possible this/these terrorist(s) (this is terrorism by definition at this point), case location(s), lay in wait, when one of the ubiquitous white vans drive by, fire at a target of opportunity (or maybe if they are really wacked in the head - their god tells them to tap the next guy they see after a white van passes - whatever - hence the god reference), people in the now suspect white van are clueless, eye witnesses if any report the presence of the van, in chaos and while everyone is drawing down on all the folks in the area with white vans, the shooter/spotter egresses, perhaps taking a major roadway out in any vehicle other than a white van.

Would this be plausible for each of the attacks? I have no clue as to the probability of this M.O. being possible and have no desire to try to think like these sick criminals.

The interesting thing is that these crimes are prosecutable federally and that could be the fast track to Terra Haute and a big dirt nap. No state court appeals, one round of direct appeals and habeas petitions, lights out fairly quickly by the standards of state death penalty cases. I am sure the D.O.J. would love to have this matter in a district (like Northern Virginia) with the 4th Cir. Court of Appeals (rocket docket). Unless they qualify for an all expense paid trip to Gitmo. :)