Now the end-game.
I sure hope we do get to the end game because this murderer or these murderers, sure need to get caught. If they stop now and this turns into another anthrax mystery, it'll be hard for many to live with.
I hope they don't kill themselves when they are finally surrounded. We need to know who they are.
If they really did it that way, it was a real mistake. However as yet, I have not heard pursuasive testimony that is what happened--what we have heard is a witness who heard a "muffled" shot; and then saw a white van driven by two ME types in an agitated condition attempting to break into traffic. No where have we heard or read him saying "I saw the muzzle flash from the white truck driven by the two . . . "
These guys have been very careful to maintain operational security and this kind of amateur mistake at this point would be surprising but possible.
Also, in order for this guy to have seen the truck and the ME types at the time the shot was fired, the shot was relatively short range--50 yards or so. It appears that the prior shots have been at greater ranges up to 200-300 yards which helps maintain operational security also.