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
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