An Open Letter To The Person Helping The Washington Sniper

MB26

[MindBender26]

Remember, silence is consent.

[D.P.Roberts]

So remember, kids, Eunise on anybody odd! Have fun!

[ez2muz]

"...he was available each and every time another victim was shot... the greatest clue..."

Please list those times of day please.

[sharktrager]

Concentrate on everything you do know for sure. He drives. He was absent when each and every killing occurred.

It is highly unlikely that most people could use these two facts to narrome things down to even just a few people. How many of us know whether or not our neighbors are at workEven among co-workers, the number of those which you can say with certainty were or were not present at the time of a killing is minimal.

If we limit the search only to people with flexible schedules, outside jobs or absent from work at thoe specific times of each killing, we aren't really eliminating that many people.

The guy has shown he is meticulous in his planning. I am fairly certain he has his bases covered pretty well.

[D.P.Roberts]

...And don't forget to keep track of everybody's movements.

[templar]

Concentrate on everything you do know for sure. He drives.

How do we know this?

[MindBender26]

1. Michaels crafts store
TIME: 5:20 p.m., October 2
VICTIM:
NAME: None
AGE:
INCIDENT: Shot fired through Michaels store window in Aspen Hill, Maryland.

2. Shoppers Food Warehouse
TIME: 6:05 p.m., October 2
VICTIM:
NAME: James D. Martin
AGE: 55
Program analyst
INCIDENT: Fatally shot in the parking lot of the Shoppers Food Warehouse in Wheaton, Maryland.

3. Auto dealership
TIME: 7:41 a.m., October 3
VICTIM:
NAME: James L. Buchanan
AGE: 39
Landscaper
INCIDENT: Fatally shot while mowing a lawn at an automobile dealership near Rockville, Maryland.

4. Gas station
TIME: 8:12 a.m., October 3
VICTIM:
NAME: Prem Kumar Walekar
AGE: 54
part-time cab driver
INCIDENT: Fatally shot while pumping gas at Aspen Hill Road and Connecticut Avenue in Aspen Hill, Maryland.

5. Post office
TIME: 8:37 a.m., October 3
VICTIM:
NAME: Sarah Ramos
AGE: 34
babysitter, housekeeper
INCIDENT: Fatally shot while sitting on a park bench near Leisure World, a retirement community in Silver Spring, Maryland.

6. Gas station
TIME: 9:58 a.m., October 3
VICTIM:
NAME: Lori Lewis-Rivera
AGE: 25
INCIDENT: Fatally shot while preparing to vacuum her minivan at a gas station in Kensington, Maryland.


7. Georgia Avenue
TIME: 9:15 p.m., October 3
VICTIM:
NAME: Pascal Charlot
AGE: 72
retired carpenter
INCIDENT: Fatally shot while walking along Georgia Avenue in Washington, D.C.

8. Michaels crafts store
TIME: 2:30 p.m., October 4
VICTIM:
NAME: Woman, name not released
AGE: 43
INCIDENT: Shot and wounded while loading purchases into her minivan in the parking lot of a Michaels crafts store.

9. Middle school
TIME: 8:09 a.m., October 7
VICTIM:
NAME: Boy, name not released
AGE: 13
INCIDENT: Shot and wounded after his aunt dropped him off for school in Bowie, Maryland.

10. Gas station
TIME: 8:18 p.m., October 9
VICTIM:
NAME: Dean Harold Meyers
AGE: 53
INCIDENT: Fatally shot after he pumped gas into his vehicle at a gas station in Manassas, Virginia.

11. Gas station
TIME: 9:30 a.m., October 11
VICTIM:
NAME: Kenneth H. Bridges
AGE: 53
INCIDENT: Fatally shot while pumping gas near Fredericksburg, Virginia

12. Home Depot
TIME: 9:15 p.m., October 14
VICTIM:
NAME: Linda Franklin
AGE:47
INCIDENT: Woman shot to death near her car at a Home Depot in Falls Church, Virginia.

13. Ponderosa restaurant
TIME: 8 p.m., October 19
VICTIM:
NAME: Man, name not released
AGE: 37
INCIDENT: Shot and wounded as he and his wife crossed a restaurant parking lot.

14. Bus stop
TIME: 5:56 a.m., October 22
VICTIM:
NAME: Conrad Johnson
AGE: 35
INCIDENT: Johnson, a bus driver, was fatally shot in the chest in Silver Spring, Maryland. Connection unconfirmed but shooting not far from the scenes of several previous sniper attacks.

[MindBender26]

M-16 on the bus?

[MindBender26]

Not so sure about perfect planning. Know at least two mistakes he has made (not for posting here.)

Randomness in offensive action is very effective, but not great "planning."

[js1138]

Unless there are two or three shooters -- in which case each could have an alibi for at least one shooting.

Or the shooter could be a foreign import brought in for the job, someone who doesn't work, has no roots in the community other than his support cell.

[templar]

M-16 on the bus?

Or a contender in a briefcase on the bus? Or bicycle? or Taxi? Or walking? Or take down rifle of some sort in a grocery bag full of groceries in any of these circumstances? I could assume any of these situations just as easily as assuming he drives. Seems that some agents have assumed that he wouldn't be calling the tips hotline. Assumptions are dangerous. They get people killed.

[templar]

Sounds like a schedule a night maintenance worker could easily keep without missing work.

[ladyjane]

But if you do make a report and it turns out not to be the sniper you will be ridiculed mercilessly by the media. And if you report anybody but a white male, you better go into hiding.

[Quilla]

Thank you for your efforts by starting this thread. With all due respect, how can we positively state that we know this killer drives? The white vans/panel trucks could be a coincidence or something the killer waits for before shooting. The one witness that stated he saw the shooter step out of the van, shoot, and get back in has been charged with giving false testimony. As a previous poster mentioned, he could be using a Thompson Contender (easily concealed under clothing) and simply walking off or riding a bicycle from the scene.

[FreeTally]

With exception to #8 which happened at 2:30 PM, all shootings were either fairly early in the morning, or late in the evening. I think people may be erroniously assuming the guy works full time or has a job where he is not in an office all day. He could simply be a part time employee as well.

[hottomale]

I wonder why the servers were down in the DC area yesterday.

[hottomale]

May have been using the bus for transportation and the Bus Driver was the only one who could identify him.

[MindBender26]

He is driver because:

No public transit would get to so many areas so fast on multiple shooting days.

Taxis keep records. A face is attached to a fare.

Bike: 160 miles as a standout?

[MindBender26]

Not a time for cynacism