Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Columbus Sniper Nabbed?

So they finally caught the man they believe may be the Columbus sniper. Word coming out around the city is that the suspect is a couple cards short of a full deck. Now I ask you, how does a man who may be a bit deficient in mental capacity buy up to five 9mm style handguns? His parents may be involved. Apparently his parents had access to his gun collection because they may have cut him off. His father certainly turned over all the remaining guns and ballistics managed to match one of the guns.

So, how much did they know and when did they know it? Nothing is confirmed, but rumor swirling about the office is that sometime during the spree, his family figured it out that it was him. Then someone fingered him and his family tried to talk him into giving himself up. He instead flees to Vegas and is caught.

In all likelihood, he'll get time in a mental facility for whatever his problem is and will never spend any real time in jail. But you never know. Either way, it should make for some entertaining court drama. I'm sure I'll sick of it long before its over. But at least I won't have to watch the overpass bridges as closely when I'm driving north next time.

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