'Spree' shooter straying from typical serial killer motivation - main desire is to provoke terror

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 12, 2002 | San Francisco Chronicle Staff

[nicmarlo]

Very interesting and intelligent reply. Thank you. And you have pursuaded me to believe you are probably right.

[Man of the Right]

The sniper could be your typical White Anglo male in his 30s or 40s.

But will anybody on this board be drop-dead astounded if it turns out the shooter Abdullah and his driver/spotter Mohammed are Saudis or U.S.-born, U.S. citizens from Elizabeth, New Jersey or Dearborn, Michigan that trained in Afghanistan a couple of years ago?

Since 9-11, I don't believe in coincidences. If something bad happens, I assume the Islamists are behind it until it's proven otherwise. They don't deserve the benefit of the doubt.

[teeman8r]

well said... and thought provoking... i am thinking about spending some time in and around dc on an american jihad... the reward monies would come in handy, but this sniper is getting on my nerves... no one is that invisible....

[Varmint Al]

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[stands2reason]

Tarot cards and video games don't necessarily say "teenager". I read the cards until my late twenties and I still play video games...

[stands2reason]

the Tylenol Murders

Now that was terrorism, no question. Think about how we all changed as a society after those killings....

[Sgt_Schultze]

I don't have to be told. The tarot card contained a message for the police - ostensibly from the shooter. It was left in a spot where it was expected to be found. It was therefor not left by accident, ergo, it was planted.

[Shooter 2.5]

I thought the way your post read that you were saying the tarot card was placed there by someone else. My apologies.

[Sgt_Schultze]

I went back to my post 23 - the cause of the confusion. You're right, it is easy to think I was talking about another player. I wasn't clear about my statment that the sniper planted the shell and tarot card - for his own reasons. Thanks for keeping me on my toes. Next itme I will be clearer.