[ApesForEvolution]

Maybe he/they stick the rifle in the safe house and drive off with it in a beetle blazing KKT, AlGore04 and green peace stickers on it after the fury dies down?

[M1911A1]

Not far fetched. Been thinking that if I was going to do this sort of thing I would want to be seperated from the weapon as soon as possible. If there are two or more involved, stashing the gun might be an option. The cartridge case and card indicate that the shooter does not have leaving no trace as a top priority, or he is very clever and leaves bogus clues. Say you are using a Contender and you leave a case from an AR-15 just to be devious.