Horsewhipping sounds about right to me
Can you believe this jerk?
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A witness who says he saw the Washington-area sniper fire with an assault rifle and flee in a cream-colored van gave a phony story, investigators said Thursday in a setback that casts doubt on much of what the public thought it knew about the roving killer.
Prosecutors are investigating the witness, whose name wasn't released, to determine whether he should be charged with filing a false statement.
Fairfax County police Lt. Amy Lubas said the inaccurate account didn't match that of other witnesses to Monday night's killing of an FBI (news - web sites) cyberterrorism analyst in a crowded Virginia parking lot outside a Home Depot. It was the only shooting so far that people actually saw.
Asked if the witness intentionally misled investigators with his description of a cream-colored van and a burned-out rear taillight, Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, who is heading the investigation, said simply, "Yes."
I don't know this guy's name, or why he would choose to lie about this, and I don't really care. People are living in fear, and this idiot has the balls to make things worse, as a prank!
I was wrong; horsewhipping is too good for him.
UPDATE:
I wrote last night that the change in methdology of the sniper indicated a lack of professionalism, which tended to argue against his being militarily trained. Now, that is out the window, since the report of the witness has been discredited. It now appears that the sniper held true to form, and fired from a distance of over 100 yards.
Posted by Rich at October 17, 2002 10:29 PM