[jackbill]

Early in a thread about a week ago on another sniper shooting, somebody mentioned that the shooting occurred in Falls Church, VA. He was immediately corrected and was told that Falls Church was completely out of the area of previous sniper shootings. I just find this a little strange.

No accounting for ignorance, or for people not being able to use a Mapquest map - or look at maps that all of the local newspapers have on their web sites.

[billhilly]

"Early in a thread about a week ago on another sniper shooting, somebody mentioned that the shooting occurred in Falls Church, VA. He was immediately corrected and was told that Falls Church was completely out of the area of previous sniper shootings. I just find this a little strange.

No accounting for ignorance, or for people not being able to use a Mapquest map - or look at maps that all of the local newspapers have on their web sites."

May I help? The incident last week was in Montgomery County,Maryland on Falls Road. Someone mistakenly said it was in Falls Church, which everyone now knows is in Virginia. The Potomac River is the boundary line between Md and Va, and there is a spectacular falls in the river known as Great Falls. Those natural features have been the inspiration for many names in the greater Washington Metropolitan area. These jurisdictions are West and North West of DC. I have lived in this area since 1973, so I am quite familiar with the entire area, as I believe the shooter to be.