No one wants to use the term "sniper." The word has some fairly ugly connotations in the Washington area. But someone took a shot at a dump truck rolling down northbound Interstate 395 in the Alexandria area yesterday morning, piercing a passenger-side window and driving a shard of glass into the driver's right arm, state police said. The driver was not seriously hurt.The cops were looking in my building yesterday, and I heard the cops on my roof. If I lived in Toledo, Ohio, this would certainly be 'local'. But in DC, the home of the converted-muslim snipers that killed ten people a three years ago, well.... this might be the start of something larger. I certainly hope not.
In October 2002, a sniper shot 13 people, 10 fatally, over a three-week period in the Washington region. None of the victims was in a moving vehicle. The shootings caused schools to lock down, events to be canceled and fear to dominate the area, before John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested.
On a fluke. Cops questioned him about sleeping in his car, but missed the small hole in the trunk where the rifle barrel protruded.
Coulda been local gun sex, I suppose....
| Thx for the story, Bobby, and let's keep an eye on this one. AoS. |