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To: MSI who wrote (308041)	10/13/2002 10:02:02 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

No link on that. You caught me lying, I was quoting CNN.

To: MSI who wrote (308041)	10/13/2002 11:08:29 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

IN WASHINGTON, D.C., and its suburbs, the shots were almost surely fired by an expert, as if picking off clay pigeons a single round at a time. But this was no game. Six people in the Washington area were shot dead—gunfire that seemed to come out of nowhere—a spree so random and terrifying that some people have refused to step outside their doors. On the loose was a killer with a deadly eye and a powerful weapon. The shots have been fired from such long range—as far away as six football fields, police say—that there have been no eyewitnesses. And the aim has been near perfect. This is a “very skilled” marksman, says Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent Joe Riehl, saying it is quite possible the killer had been trained by the military or the police. Investigators believe the killer is using a powerful rifle, the kind issued by armed forces and law enforcement. Police were on the hunt for a white box truck with business lettering on the side, a vehicle seen speeding away from the scene of one of the killings. It is likely the sniper has an accomplice who is driving the truck, says Charles Moose, the police chief in Montgomery County, Md. But the only evidence police have for certain is those .223 bullets—which seem to be specifically chosen for maximum damage. “The devastation it is designed to do is significant,” says Agent Riehl. One gun expert says the .223 was “very popular in Vietnam.” You can find this on MSNBC. However there is no source other than a a reporter claiming that one of the shots was the distance of "six football fields" The present summaries state that no shot was over 150 yards and I gather they know this from wounds on the victims. Note the bold expert statement....it was THEservice rifle in Vietnam. At 625 yds a .223 is supposed to penetrate a 10 gauge steel plate(about the thickness of 3 credit cards) so theoretically it could kill but only in a limited number of vital areas. Military states the max effective range at 450 yards. At 650 yds the bullet has dropped 70 in and a 10 mph side wind would move it over 4 feet. Even for an expert one shot would be a lucky shot.