[Ford Fairlane]

Yes - if I was going to do this I would use a TC contender

A rifle is too conspicuous in an urban setting

The various .223 caliber cartriges are accurate to 400 yd from a contender.

[Dog]

Not really......they could be concealed in that white truck we are hearing about.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Isn't that Contender pistol the basis for the "cop-killer" hysteria? that you could shoot through a vest with a pistol? maybe jumbling hoplophobe trivia...

[Dead Dog]

They mentioned a white van. I'm guessing the occupant of the van may be using the van for concealment. His buddy drives him into position, and he fires out through a window or sliding door. They could have made some attempt to sound proof the van, so as to somewhat silence the shot.

He could have also have bench rest set up, as if it were a mobile blind for people hunting.

If this is the case I hope some citizens "dump" the van (roll it by hitting it in the rear quarter panel) then gang rank these aholes in public leaving a couple of convulsing and broken masses of meat for LEO to interrogate.

[SJackson]

The various .223 caliber cartriges are accurate to 400 yd from a contender.

I'm impressed, I love my T/C, but 400 yards is way beyond my talents.

[RISU]

400 yards is an impractical shot, evn if it is "possible". If they have no casing, but only spent bullets, the shot may be getting launched from a bench rest inside a van as the stance. There have been no reports of "gun shots" assocaieted with the se hits, so something is muffling the report of the weapon. Apparently it is so far from the target no casual observer in the immediate hit area can put two and two together. It would also make sense that it is from a vehicle, since the shooter seems pretty "mobile", and has not attracted attention from the vicinity of his hits. Since he is close enough for accuracy, but far enough to be out of the immediate locale, and certainly not inside the parking lots involved, it is probably a 100 to 200 yard shot from a parked vehicle.

That kind of accuracy suggests a high level of training/skill. Pretty scary.