Police Can't Produce Sniper Sketch

Associated Press ^ | Wednesday, October 16, 2002

[Crowcreek]

Like the Daewoo, that Galil takes AR-15 mags, I think --- So is it fish'r'fowl ?

[aristeides]

However, didn't the police state that the ballistic evidence linked the case to the other shootings.

Yes, they did. And from that I conclude that the previous rounds were not .223.

[Fred Mertz]

Is it possible the cops don't want to release a composite because it would spook or tip the snipers?

[phasma proeliator]

Agreed.

you don't have to be "olive skinned" to be a muslim terrorist.

[MissHardihood]

It's not these guys!

Hey, Cisco.
Hey, Poncho

[Palladin]

Those are some HUGE dots to connect. I don't trust Moose. I never thought he might be connected to those Portland revolutionaries, but now I am suspicious. What the heck is really going on?

That's astounding about the gun reg. computers being shut down for six months. Looks like these sniper attacks have been a long time in the planning.

[Aggie Mama]

I didn't know about the German thing. I'm wondering if perhaps the reason why this is going on in this particular area is to make an impact on our seat of government? Perhaps there was a warning on the card (ie) we can get you anytime we want to. Perhaps this is a warning to stop the pursual of Iraq. I'm wondering if more of these will happen the closer we get to destroying Saddam?

[aristeides]

The Soviet bullet had a reputation in Afghanistan for fragmenting violently on impact, and making really nasty wounds. The NATO bullet seems more designed for deep penetration.

And what kinds of wounds have the D.C. sniper's shots caused?

[concerned about politics]

I don't trust Moose.

Hmmmmmm......has the FBI checked HIM out?

[aristeides]

Isn't there evidence the shooter departed on foot, which would mean the agitated guy in the van was not the shooter?

[Redcloak]

Perhaps they should have been saying that the recovered bullets were ".223-ish". Some here have expressed surprise at the idea that they could have recovered enough bullet material to make "matches" from one shooting to the next.

[Plutarch]

1. The authorities have used witness descriptions and/or ballistics to identify the shooter's weapon as an AK-74.

2. Of all the hundreds of possible weapons in the world, it just happens that an AK-74 variant is that rifle with which Bin Laden was fond of posing.

3. Is this going to be reported by the media as news, or is it just something only us Freepers are going to know?

[Chad Fairbanks]

No such thing as an AK74.

Excuse me????????

[xm177e2]

I was just kidding, being overly pedantic.

[concerned about politics]

Bin Ladin is a Democrat. Not very often do you see him off his a$$.

[RightWhale]

they were only 90% sure it was a .223.

For a while they were saying they were from the same rifle. Now they aren't sure it was from a .223. They found .223 brass next to the Tarot card, but do they know the shooter dropped either of those objects?

[aristeides]

I guess you've just put a name on my suspicions that there is a mole in the sniper investigation.

[pettifogger]

Isn't there evidence the shooter departed on foot . . .

Hadn't heard that. Could be, I suppose.

[aristeides]

A dog apparently tracked the shooter's scent to the Beltway, 4-5 miles away. Read that here yesterday.

[aristeides]

If Linda Franklin was working as an analyst for Gary Bald's FBI sniper investigation, Moose would presumably have known.