CNN Headline News reporting shooting in Falls Church

CNN Headline News | 10/14/02 | CNN Headline News

[xjcsa]

CNN Headline News is reporting that a woman has been shot near a Home Depot in Falls Church, VA, and that authorities are investigating whether this is another sniper attack.

Breaking now....

[Darlin']

Sorry, I guess I should have said, what a really accomplished marksman would use.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I guess this points away from the "ex-Marine" theory.

Our son was going to go to college in Virginia. At the last minute he changed his mind and enrolled closer to home.

I thank God every day.

Prayers for the victims's families and for all of us. Persevere.

[Indiana Jones]

Per WTOP: woman killed on lower level of parking lot in front of Home Depot at 7 Corners.

[Fred Mertz]

I have a friend who lives near there. This one is very much inside the beltway.

[aristeides]

There's no walls on the side in any case, so someone could shoot from accross Rt 50.

Shooting from across a road is the sniper's MO, isn't it?

[Shermy]

Radio says she was on the "lower level of the parking lot in front of Home Depot." So maybe it was exposed to ground level sighting.

[CharacterCounts]

There is also a Michaels in this shopping center.

[Callahan]

I was pumping gas the other day and counted seven white vans/trucks in the area before I was done. The statistical probability of a white van be around a any suburban gas station at any given time is excellent. It makes this bit of info essentially useless.

[steveegg]

Now, did I say to not extract those bits of information from him? Indeed, by not officially arresting this perp, those bits of information would be easier to obtain.

[GummyIII]

Kim,I don't live near there. I must admit, though, that on my way home tonight after a meeting I was almost hit and run off the road by a white astro van, and I had the heebie-jeebies....fer sure.

[Robert_Paulson2]

garages are usually equipped with security cameras.

[cinFLA]

but it was always my understanding that you would rather be shot by a .223 than by a .45 handgun round.

Urban legend.

[areafiftyone]

It is a woman confimed on Fox shot in the head. Single shot in the head.

[Spirited]

Home Depots here close at 9:30PM, mostly. That store has an undercover parking area and I would have considered it "safe" because hard to shoot from a distance. Will be interesting to see the "how".

Woman shot in the head. Single shot.

[xjcsa]

Fox News: One woman, shot in head, has died. Single shot fired.

[md2576]

Look here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/daily/oct02/snipershootings.htm
then look at shootings in groups of 3
123,456,789,10 11 12
They all start in the middle, move out, then go opposite side. like a triangle if you connect three dots.

[Darnright]

"I haven't heard WMAL mention the sex of the victim, have you?"

WTOP just reported a woman killed on the lower deck of the parking lot right in front of Home Depot.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Home Depots I've seen close at 9 PM with very few customers after 8:30.

Employees and service personnel continue working after business hours end.

[FlyVet]

By the way, it is very interesting that such a high percentage of those shot are dying from their injuries. The .223 is of course very powerful, but it was always my understanding that you would rather be shot by a .223 than by a .45 handgun round. I wonder if the sniper is good enought that he is hitting the head or the heart every time.

He's hitting the vitals every time. I am a reloader, and also reload .223. If you hold that little 55-grain pill in your hand, yes it is amazing that such a little thing could do such damage, but it is moving out of the muzzle at close to 3000 fps, whereas a .45 is big-bore, but is only moving around 900 fps. Hit center-mass, same result. This person doing this is really 10/10, two of the victims were hit solidly and suffered major damage to their internal organs, but lived. It is a tribute to the ambulance teams and trauma centers that they even lived. Damn this low-life, whoever it is. He's lucky of this justice system, when he gets caught. I'd bet the families of the victims would like to get a piece of him one-on-one.

[md2576]

I did miss it, thank you.