[js1138]

True. But what if the owner of the truck doesn't even know his truck is being used?

We need to do a little mental experiment here. Suppose you own a business that operates this kind of truck. Now 10 people have been shot and the police announce they are looking for a truck like one of yours. Are you not going to inspect them? Are you not going to consider where they were at the time of the shootings? And who was driving?

Let's say you have a dozen or so employees. Are all of them going to be so deficient in curiosity that they don't compare notes as to where they were at the time of the shootings?

I believe there are at least three people involved, so that each has an alibi for at least one shooting. In my mind this makes it more likely to be organized terrorism.

[Elenya]

You could be right. But the employees wouldn't have to know the truck was used by the kids. But you're right, it would be more complicated. I myself prefer my other hypothesis: the older truck being garaged somewhere is much more plausible. If the father's alibi was checked, he was cleared.

But everything changed this weekend with the composite photo and specific details about the truck. By now the father/owner would have to KNOW it's his truck and start suspecting something. What would the brothers do? Run away? Kill their parents? Who knows? One thing for sure: if the truck is being used again, it rules out the older kids theory IMO. I would see it as an in your face politically motivated terrorist attack.

[sobieski]

Unless he himself is the truck's owner; say, a small business

[Aquinasfan]

Are all of them going to be so deficient in curiosity that they don't compare notes as to where they were at the time of the shootings?

I believe there are at least three people involved, so that each has an alibi for at least one shooting. In my mind this makes it more likely to be organized terrorism.

Good point. The post about the prayer times was interesting too.