Could be! Didn't something similar happen in Miami like 10 years ago? Someone offing tourists on the highway?

Something like that happened in West Virginia this year where all the victims were being shot at gas stations. 3 people were shot. It turned out to be drug related though. Hopefully this is'nt a copy cat.

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eastcoastkid...

what do you base that belief on.... that the "real" snipers are still out there... anything in particular ?

I am originally from W.Va, and now go to school in Columbus. I don't think the freeway killing is a D.C. copycat (I'm not aware of the other supposed killings...I've only been here a few months) but the killings in W.Va seemed like copycats to me. They have stopped, and the police are still trying to find the killer. The Columbus shooting happened on the day everyone from my school was leaving for Thanksgiving break, so a lot of people were freaked out.

Originally posted by ByzantineIcon
I am originally from W.Va, and now go to school in Columbus. I don't think the freeway killing is a D.C. copycat (I'm not aware of the other supposed killings...I've only been here a few months) but the killings in W.Va seemed like copycats to me. They have stopped, and the police are still trying to find the killer. The Columbus shooting happened on the day everyone from my school was leaving for Thanksgiving break, so a lot of people were freaked out.

I understand that copy cat killings/crimes happen. But you're talking about a carefully calibrated sniper attack. The art is in the concealment and get-away. Not just anyone can pull that off. A large part of sniper training has to do with that. And it takes a 2-3-man team to make it happen. Not to mention a fourth and fifth with a safe-house and communications nearby. One man shoots, one man spots, one man drives, the other two self explanatory. White vans are also used because of their generic quality. They fade easy.

Originally posted by EastCoastKid

Originally posted by baked

What ever came of that?

I take it by your interest in the subject that you live close by.

Originally posted by baked

Originally posted by EastCoastKid

Originally posted by baked

What ever came of that?

I take it by your interest in the subject that you live close by.

I am very interested. Not close by, though.

I believe your theroy holds water, but what I don't understand is, Didn't Malvo admit to it? Didn't he say that he tried to kill all of them (all head shots)......
You know more on the subject than I do which is why I am asking.

I know a girl that works for Fairfax Co Police and she works in the jail where Malvo was kept. She said he tried to escape when he was first caught and they found him up in the ceiling tiles. He had special meals made for him. Dont know why. He had his own Cell Block because they feared someone would kill him.

Originally posted by baked
I believe your theroy holds water, but what I don't understand is, Didn't Malvo admit to it? Didn't he say that he tried to kill all of them (all head shots)......
You know more on the subject than I do which is why I am asking.

I know a girl that works for Fairfax Co Police and she works in the jail where Malvo was kept. She said he tried to escape when he was first caught and they found him up in the ceiling tiles. He had special meals made for him. Dont know why. He had his own Cell Block because they feared someone would kill him.

I believe he was mind-controlled. His behavior is bizarre, though, to say the least. Did you notice from day one Muhammad didn't say one word? I truly believe - based on everything I've looked at - that he was or thought he was working for (probably) the CIA. I don't think they did the shootings, though. I think they were led to be in the places they were seen at so as to be able to place them at the scenes of each crime. That's classic. The boy may have been talking out of his azz or going just plain crazy. Who knows.
Too much evidence points to the fact that Muhammad was connected. That point cannot be stressed enough.

Originally posted by EastCoastKid

Originally posted by baked
I believe your theroy holds water, but what I don't understand is, Didn't Malvo admit to it? Didn't he say that he tried to kill all of them (all head shots)......
You know more on the subject than I do which is why I am asking.

I know a girl that works for Fairfax Co Police and she works in the jail where Malvo was kept. She said he tried to escape when he was first caught and they found him up in the ceiling tiles. He had special meals made for him. Dont know why. He had his own Cell Block because they feared someone would kill him.

I believe he was mind-controlled. His behavior is bizarre, though, to say the least. Did you notice from day one Muhammad didn't say one word? I truly believe - based on everything I've looked at - that he was or thought he was working for (probably) the CIA. I don't think they did the shootings, though. I think they were led to be in the places they were seen at so as to be able to place them at the scenes of each crime. That's classic. The boy may have been talking out of his azz or going just plain crazy. Who knows.
Too much evidence points to the fact that Muhammad was connected. That point cannot be stressed enough.

So Muhammad was part of a team? The boy?

Basically, if you look at every single time Muhammad slipped through the fingers of U.S. law enforcement, one notes a pattern.. He was picked up numerous times for numerous violations - even during a trip to the caribbean. INS officials also had Malvo in their grasp (in Washington state) and they released him. Forget about the fact that he was an underage illegal immigrant. This leads to more than speculation that Muhammad was working for someone who could pull a lot of strings behind the scenes. All it took each time for him to be released was that magic phone call. I don't pretend to know what exactly it was he thought he was doing, other than claiming to his cousin that he was on a mission to find missing explosives - for the CIA. ? Malvo was totally under his spell. He was a perfect candidate to be mind-controlled and set up.

There seemed to be a pattern in the shootings. Micheals, gas stations, Shoppers Food Wherehouses, Montgomery Alabama, Montgomery County, Md, Washington State, Washington, D.C.......Any Thoughts?

Originally posted by baked
There seemed to be a pattern in the shootings. Micheals, gas stations, Shoppers Food Wherehouses, Montgomery Alabama, Montgomery County, Md, Washington State, Washington, D.C.......Any Thoughts?

Remember what the president said after 9-11, "keep doing whatever it is you normally do.. Don't let the terrorists stop you.."
That is exactly the pattern of the shootings. They targeted people doing the every day things we were urged to keep doing. Going to and from restaurants, pumping gas, grocery shopping. If that wasn't terrorism, nothing is. I also found it quite interesting that the news media and government were very quick to say it was NOT terrorism. Right.

P.S. It was also very strange, but effective, that the victims were a completely mixed, random bunch. That in itself terrorized everybody. Everybody was a target.

Originally posted by EastCoastKid
P.S. It was also very strange, but effective, that the victims were a completely mixed, random bunch. That in itself terrorized everybody. Everybody was a target.

Yeah, once they took out the cab driver I didn't think middle east terrorist any more.