Sniper shooting in Ashland, VA? All signs point to yes, but they can’t be sure until they get ballistics testing, if they can even get the bullet out of the guy. And I know this area, I go by it a few times a year for various reasons.
Why would the sniper shoot in Ashland?
No one’s looking for him down there.
This would also explain the five day lull, he was casing a new location to do a shooting. He’s unfamiliar with Ashland, or, was and it took time for him to get used to it. Now he’ll move somewhere else or he’ll get gutsy and head back towards the beltway. Sigh.
Also, if you look in TIME magazine this week with their article about the sniper killer they have a map of the area and his shootings. They mixed up the two in the Fredericksburg area, the ones labled 8 and 11. The earlier shooting was further north, the later one was south. Minor thing that should have been caught in editing, but oh well.