[Sgt_Schultze]

The police were all excercised yesterday looking for a white van. The shooter has been able to elude police now after 10 shootings. It's more likely the shooter is two people - one serving as a lookout. It may be that the while the shooter aquires a target, the accomplice keeps a lookout for approaching observers and a white truck in the vacinity of the target.

At the proper time, after a white truck has passed, the shooter can take his victim. All eyes notice the white truck leaving the vacinity of the shooting. Heck, the shooters could leave the area in a red Dodge Viper and drive right past police blockades.

At any rate, it seems folly to think that a shooter(s?), who have successfully eluded capture for two weeks, are still tooling around in the exact vehicle the police are seeking.

How long until the shooter sticks around and takes a member of the first responding EMT's on the scene? How long until the shooter takes a reporter, live on TV? How long until the shooter takes a spokesman during one of the staged press events?

[tomkat]

shhhhh ... you're asking all those pesky relevant questions !

[eastforker]

As someone else mentioned,this could be an anti-hunter type also.His method of shooting is comparable to how a hunter kills his prey,shooting at a distance that is.The "I am God" statement refers to the fact he has the power of life or death over his subjects IMO.

[MsLady]

I was even thinking he could just walk away. If the gun is as compact as they say it could be, a jacket could cover up the weapon. This is a crowded area, who's going to notice someone walking away from over 100 yards away?

[jgorris]

It's more likely the shooter is two people - one serving as a lookout.

Not so sure about that. A single shooter with a cold blooded and calculating mind, and an eye for picking out good shooting positions could do this just as well as two people. It just seems unlikely that two or more people could be of the same mind to commit this type of "impersonal" attack without some sort of more obvious common motivation (i.e. terrorism for political causes). But if it is more than one shooter motivated by terror, why aren't the terrorists making known their cause?

In any case, the focus on the white van must be some sort of disinformation play on the part of the authorities. Hard to believe that the perp(s) would continue to use a white van after the media coverage and also hard to believe that the investigators would not factor this in.

What a sick, twisted mess.

[aristeides]

If the sniper shoots a newsperson, won't he be taking too much of a risk of being caught on camera? Which suggests first responders to the shootings ought in future to be sure to be accompanied by somebody carrying a camera.

[billhilly]

How long until the shooter takes a reporter, live on TV?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm!