Posted on 10/11/2002 8:49:27 PM PDT by John H K
"....Although Smith said investigators did not search any hotel rooms yesterday, witnesses said police with bloodhounds cordoned off Room 109 of the Ramada. Sources said they found nothing of interest.
Police briefly took a man linked to that room into custody yesterday at the crime scene. Hobert "Dewey" Epps, 36, who lives in Georgia and is staying with his fiance, said he was questioned
Epps, one of several people detained briefly yesterday, said FBI agents told him he matched a tentative description of the shooter and that they were concerned about his presence at the scene. Epps said agents showed him a picture – which he said appeared to have come from a video image – that slightly resembled him. Epps is about 5-feet-9, of medium build with sandy brown hair and a mustache.
Epps said agents asked him to show his profile. He eventually was released. "They said I looked like the picture of someone at another shooting," he said...."
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I suspect that gas stations are a favorite because people stand outdoors in one spot for prolonged periods & therefore make good targets.
Just suppose that this/these guy(s) are not trained snipers but just your average rifle shot. It is a lot easier to shoot at someone who is paying attention to a menial task and standing in one place than someone who is moving--even just walking down the street.
By the way, his first shot, at a Michaels in Maryland, was a "miss". ONly hit a window, that's why we know about that one.
Didn't I read that forensics said the gun was not a hunting rifle, but a M-16 or AR-15?
But it makes clear that whatever suspect description is being "covered up" isn't particularly very "Middle Eastern" appearing.
I know you like to play the contrarian,but even you must have heard of Dolly Parton and her wigs.
(Speculation) perhaps the fact that it is staying in one area argues against the Arab terrorist cell hypothesis? If so, the police should put on their thinking caps, because the speculation seems to be the standard angry white male model, but the net effect of the shootings seems to be a political atmosphere significantly more conducive to the ever-popular "sensible gun control" proposals and gun-control-friendly candidates in the elections coming up next month...
Someone should be constantly asking "who benefits"?
I think were it an Arab terrorist operation, the next thing to do would be to start up an operation in a geographically disparate location, such as LA.
Notice the deafening silence from the jihad-os. They're frantically checking their own playbooks, as this ain't in the script.
(Speculation) perhaps the fact that it is staying in one area argues against the Arab terrorist cell hypothesis?
Yes, plus these are atrocities that islamos couldn't take credit for, because they can't understand it themselves, let alone question the origin of these potential 'victories' with their SA/Egyptian/whatever handlers.
If so, the police should put on their thinking caps, because the speculation seems to be the standard angry white male model,
Bingo.
but the net effect of the shootings seems to be a political atmosphere significantly more conducive to the ever-popular "sensible gun control" proposals and gun-control-friendly candidates in the elections coming up next month...
Notice the deafening silence from the two-party system-os. They're frantically checking their own playbooks, as this ain't in the script, while their connections to effective intel analysis are as stale as back-fridge forgotten tortillas.
Someone should be constantly asking "who benefits"?
The ones who would normally already have a cover-up plan in place (if they were the causals) DO NOT because there is no business-as-usual 'bono' here.
It truly appears that these shootings are a real-bullet paintball game.
I just said on another thread that I suspected the Feds may have preempted this same operation in Buffalo and Portland--that the email in the Buffalo case about a "big meal" may well have been referring to snipers rather than bombs, since hunters "snipe".
I also agree that this cell may well have gone active because they were afraid the Feds were getting too close and because the cover of leaves and foliage will soon be gone.
I remember one of the bigger fish told authorities that the cells had been given more autonomy.
How do you know?
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