Yeah. Obv premeditated. Planned well in advance. Seems like he knew his routine. Had the right gear. Caught the casings. No hesitation or announcement.
One of the first news reports said the cops have him on video at a Starbucks just prior, so he left “forensic evidence” plus his face on camera.
IF that’s true, they might get him. Anyone can buy a silencer with the right ATF background checks, so if he bought it legally, they’d likely have his prints.
If he wasn’t at Starbucks, or had a mask, or wore gloves, he’s in the clear.
Subsonic rounds with a silencer don’t necessarily short stroke the gun, but he looks like he practiced firing in that condition a lot. If he did indeed catch the casings, there won’t be a lot to catch him on. Maybe if he walks to a car later.
If the cops are right, they’ll catch him. If they’re wrong, I agree he won’t get caught.
Are those only usable with credit cards? That would suck. Unless they take prepaid gift cards, then he would’ve had to buy one on the black market or something to be in the clear.
I’ve seen homeless people riding bike share city bikes before. Not ebikes, but I’ve also heard of homeless people boosting electric shared scooters as well, so it seems that someone this dedicated to his pursuit would have done the same and not used his credit card (or perhaps used a stolen one).
In this case it was a gps enabled citibike but that doesn’t mean he paid with a traceable credit card and since he dumped it in central park it’s not like they can suddenly id him on camera dumping it
I think your are right. Depending on the type of pistol, they don’t all cycle nicely with suppressors. I’ve seen some suppressor/pistol combos where people have to manually cycle the slide, after firing, to chamber the next round a lot of the time.
Welrods don’t really exist outside of video games and museums. You’re not going to see them on the streets or black market. It was almost certainly a homemade suppressor that caused malfunctions.
B&T VP9 and their Station six nine. Not saying it was that, but just saying they exist on the market today. So a welrod-alike can be had. But it would absolutely leave a paper trail as its a unique gun.
They’re novelty guns that aren’t generally circulating around. I’ve seen, held and shot some unicorns throughout my life but weldrods and clones are just too esoteric to really be out there.
Spas 12, calico, mark 23, Glock 18, etc all fall short of the true myth that is a welrod, even with the modern production. I know someone who has a true SG44 and I’ve even disassembled a real HK G11 and checked out the XM8, still no welrod.
Some guns, especially ones that have a tilting barrel (most pistols) can be finicky about adding a big weight at the end of the barrel. most surpressors nowadays have methods to sorta help counteract the weight, but the gun can still jam or not cycle if the ammo isn’t powerful enough.
in this case, it looks like they didn’t test out their setup well enough, and had to manually rack the slide to eject the spent case and chamber a new round.
He’s using subsonic ammo and maybe a homemade suppressor. The gun can’t cycle with that. That’s why he’s racking it by hand and why he left both shell casings and unfired cartridges behind (because he over racked it).
Backpack could be a hand made cover that can be tossed or just stuffed inside the backpack. With all the planning that seems to have gone into this, it seems unlikely something that prominent would be overlooked.
watch again and he’s manually having to cycle. He’s also very clearly practiced is manually cycling to reload. whether that’s because of the suppressor or because he’s modified the gun, the casing would be available to catch every time he cycles. he’s not snatching them out of the air, but when you manually cycle like that they would go into your hand .
Wild. That’s a lot more brazen than I expected.
I mean, he went to fucking Starbucks beforehand.
Yeah. Obv premeditated. Planned well in advance. Seems like he knew his routine. Had the right gear. Caught the casings. No hesitation or announcement.
The backpack though. Bit distinct.
I suspect the backpack contained a disguise or something. Dude was too much of a pro to not consider getaway.
Still. A gradeschool jansport can carry those same things and can be bought at any walmart.
Either way, my bet is this goes unsolved.
One of the first news reports said the cops have him on video at a Starbucks just prior, so he left “forensic evidence” plus his face on camera.
IF that’s true, they might get him. Anyone can buy a silencer with the right ATF background checks, so if he bought it legally, they’d likely have his prints.
If he wasn’t at Starbucks, or had a mask, or wore gloves, he’s in the clear.
Subsonic rounds with a silencer don’t necessarily short stroke the gun, but he looks like he practiced firing in that condition a lot. If he did indeed catch the casings, there won’t be a lot to catch him on. Maybe if he walks to a car later.
If the cops are right, they’ll catch him. If they’re wrong, I agree he won’t get caught.
Supposedly he took off on an ebike.
Ditched that in Central Park.
Are those only usable with credit cards? That would suck. Unless they take prepaid gift cards, then he would’ve had to buy one on the black market or something to be in the clear.
I’ve seen homeless people riding bike share city bikes before. Not ebikes, but I’ve also heard of homeless people boosting electric shared scooters as well, so it seems that someone this dedicated to his pursuit would have done the same and not used his credit card (or perhaps used a stolen one).
I mean… you can buy your own.
In this case it was a gps enabled citibike but that doesn’t mean he paid with a traceable credit card and since he dumped it in central park it’s not like they can suddenly id him on camera dumping it
I’m not convinced he was catching the casings. He seems to be correcting malfunctions.
He wasn’t, the police found two casings and two unfired rounds at the scene.
I think your are right. Depending on the type of pistol, they don’t all cycle nicely with suppressors. I’ve seen some suppressor/pistol combos where people have to manually cycle the slide, after firing, to chamber the next round a lot of the time.
I’m speculating it was this gun, single shot, magazine fed, bolt action, silenced
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welrod
Gun Jesus also disagrees
https://youtube.com/shorts/POubd0SoCQ8?si=KBzKv4SV2PC6KLlO
Welrods don’t really exist outside of video games and museums. You’re not going to see them on the streets or black market. It was almost certainly a homemade suppressor that caused malfunctions.
That would explain how calmed he seemed cycling it. He new it’s limitations, and expected it to happen.
B&T VP9 and their Station six nine. Not saying it was that, but just saying they exist on the market today. So a welrod-alike can be had. But it would absolutely leave a paper trail as its a unique gun.
They’re novelty guns that aren’t generally circulating around. I’ve seen, held and shot some unicorns throughout my life but weldrods and clones are just too esoteric to really be out there. Spas 12, calico, mark 23, Glock 18, etc all fall short of the true myth that is a welrod, even with the modern production. I know someone who has a true SG44 and I’ve even disassembled a real HK G11 and checked out the XM8, still no welrod.
That’s what I saw as well. He’s not catching the casings.
I was wondering if the gun were designed to hold the casing until it’s manually retrieved.
Some guns, especially ones that have a tilting barrel (most pistols) can be finicky about adding a big weight at the end of the barrel. most surpressors nowadays have methods to sorta help counteract the weight, but the gun can still jam or not cycle if the ammo isn’t powerful enough.
in this case, it looks like they didn’t test out their setup well enough, and had to manually rack the slide to eject the spent case and chamber a new round.
That’s a revolver
A revolver with a silencer?
He’s using subsonic ammo and maybe a homemade suppressor. The gun can’t cycle with that. That’s why he’s racking it by hand and why he left both shell casings and unfired cartridges behind (because he over racked it).
A homemade can without a Nielsen (muzzle booster) device would certainly account for that. Since most consumer cans come with them by default.
Agreed
Backpack could be a hand made cover that can be tossed or just stuffed inside the backpack. With all the planning that seems to have gone into this, it seems unlikely something that prominent would be overlooked.
Where in that video did he “catch the casings”?
watch again and he’s manually having to cycle. He’s also very clearly practiced is manually cycling to reload. whether that’s because of the suppressor or because he’s modified the gun, the casing would be available to catch every time he cycles. he’s not snatching them out of the air, but when you manually cycle like that they would go into your hand .
He didn’t. News says the casings had words written on them.
I think I have that backpack…
Gray, brown strap on top, very distinction top flap. It’s great for getting into and out of on the move, so I guess it makes sense.
https://www.peakdesign.com/products/everyday-backpack?Size=20L&Color=Ash
If it weren’t so expensive, this would probably become the best-selling backpack for a while.
Now I’m wondering who that guy is and how the company fucked him over.
My bet is on disgruntled family member who Mema’s cancer treatment didn’t get approved.
The amount of suspects is so incredibly huge that it’s a statistical miracle that someone else didn’t get him first
What a concept for a brand new game show.
“Who wants to kill a billionaire?”
🙋
“Amazing, you all won!”
the more you take away from people, the more people there are going to be with nothing left to lose…
Premeditated. Preplanned. Preexisting: sorry sir, law enforcement can’t take your claim.
don’t worry, the reddit detectives will find him based on the backpack.
Imagine thinking ftf was catching casings…🤣