[Peach]

Reporting what was said on CNN early this morning. Have since read there are several highways near the location of the shooting. Have also read on thread from last night that Freepers who know the area well said that the area is "traffic light hell" and hard to believe the shooter chose this area due to heavy traffic at all times of day and night.

[NEWSOUTH]

It's not hard to believe if the goal of the shooter is to "get away" rather than "get away fast". There are a dozen choices to head in a dozen directions within a short distance of where the victim was hit.

[mystery-ak]

Is there a lot of side and back roads the shooter(if he knows the area well) could have used?

[sell_propaganda]

there was a blurb about another dark-colored auto, another thread cited a burgundy Caprice, they're not sure that the van wasn't in or near the parking lot, it's looking more like a duo -- van heads east on Rt 50 while shooter takes backroads southwest...

[Sender]

One of the TV news nymphets came up with an interesting theory last night. She said what if there was also another totally different vehicle a block or so away waiting, so that the shooter and rifle could just hop in the unknown car after the shoot, then even if the white van is pulled over, there is no one olive-skinned and nothing otherwise incriminating inside. Hmmm...

[helper]

I too live only a few miles from there, and I have my own profile. I think he is Hispanic, and works as a contract sat. dish installer. Reasoning is first, he has a job where he travels around the area. Both Montgomery county, the areas of Fredericksburg, and Manassas have a high concentration of dishes. I understand the truck has a silver(chrome) ladder rack, the Hispanics like to dress their vehicles up. Finally, I used to have a sat dish co next door and noticed about 90% of their contractors were Hispanic, came in to get their jobs at 7am, hit the road about 8:30.

The shooting last night was in a Hispanic area, and then he fled East on 50 which would have taken him into Arlington another large Hispanic population.

Some years ago businesses in this area would provide sevice all over the Metro area, but now with all the traffic and increased population density most stay in a small area. The only ones that seem to get all over the area are the independent sat and cable contractors.

[dagnabit]

See, what it is is this cell where they all bought white type trucks just for this-they live all around the beltway and the shooter can deposit the white vehicle in a cell mates garage that lives nearby-then leave in his own vehicle. A clean get away.