Victim shot in chest at bus stop, Montgomery Co., MD, On or near Connecticut Avenue.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

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Aspen Hill area. Live on junkie channels, massive traffic tie-ups.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

Bus Stop Shooting Reported in Aspen Hill Posted - October 22, 2002 6:28am

ABC 7

Wheaton, MD (AP) - A Montgomery County police 911 dispatcher has confirmed that a reported shooting is being investigated at Bell Pre Road and Connecticut Avenue.

This is in the Aspen Hill area of the county.

There is a huge police presence in the area and traffic is affected.

Traffic is completely stopped at Connecticut Avenue in both directions around the scene.

There is no word if the reported shooting has any connection to the sniper shootings in the Washington region.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

Am hearing could be bus driver, vic was shot ON bus, through open door, reportedly.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

Am now hearing vic was standing on steps when he was shop so possiobly passenger. Choppered to hospital with "Class 1 chest wound," believe they said 40 years old, no word on condition.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

Sidebar: talking head, commenting on medical care, pointed out that homicide rate is down due to better trauma care--quite right.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

Git, that is true in Boston as well, better trauma treatment is resulting in more potential homicide victims surviving.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

victim has died.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

He was taken straight into surgery. I hoped that was an indication that he didn't need to be stabilized first. I guess not.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

BrookS, unfortunately, that report usually indicates just the opposite. Whenever I hear that an injured or wounded person has been loaded immediately and taken to the hospital, I know that victim is in a very critical, life-threatening condition. If I catch the ambulance pre-alerting the hospital and the hospital says, "Triage on arrival," I know that even though the vic seems seriously injured, he or she will probably be okay and the paramedics were able to stabilize. When I hear, "Take the patient to Room X on arrival," I know that means life-threatening.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

Y'all must be thining the same thing I am. It wasn't a coincidence that the Sniper was at that particular bus stop at that particular time. I believe the buses around here leave the terminal at 6 AM, arriving at their first stops various times after that. If that is also true for Montgomery County, then this driver, apparently, was a little early and stopped at that bus stop to fill out his route paperwork. There are few riders at that time in the morning; the Sniper couldn't have been positive he would find a target quickly and he also can't afford to hang about for long--when dawn arrives, people would be in that area walking their dogs and jogging and such.

Suppose the Sniper knew that driver was in the habit of stopping there? Perhaps it was also the driver's habit to open the door, perhaps step out for a minute, catch a little leg-stretch when he was through with his paperwork. Perhaps he also had a habit of leaving the door open, another aid to accuracy in shooting.

The guy must live real close to that bus stop.

Or maybe he's just damn lucky.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

OG, that crossed my mind, too. I also wonder if the shooter(s) don't already have a list of victims in mind, victims whose routines are already know to this slime.

I'm still not conviced that it isn't a local terrorist cell. I've read elsewhere that there are a number of foreign nations who live in the area, so "blending in" wouldn't be difficult.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

I still think it's a postal worker.

Read that most shootings happen either before or after a typical shift change. Postal is normally three tours, or shifts. 7 am to 3 pm, 3 pm to 11 pm, 11 pm to 7 am. with variations in start and end times as per bids. could be the shooter is familiar with the area[s] from working different jobs, routes, etc.

Probably working a six day week, too. Plus holidays.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

Someone at Timebomb has the nauseating suggestion that he has to kill in order to insert another note into the process. Too afraid to make unnecessary telephone calls.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

LOL, I wondered about a postal worker too but refrained from mentioning it out of respect! There are all kinds of delivery possibilities, though, FedEx, UPS, for instance. Who would question a uniformed delivery guy carrying a box (containing a rifle or whatever)? Problem is, there are SO many possibilities and so many suspicious neighbors and relatives (!) that the police or overwhelmed by theories and tips.

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002

"The Revenge of the Mall Cops"??

-- Anonymous, October 22, 2002