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Terrorist attacks and related incidents in the United States

The Beltway Sniper's seventh victim: Dean Meyers. The Virginian-Pilot Nov 07, 2009 at 12:00 AM. From the Archives: October 12, 2003. The pumps nearest the road were empty. Beltway sniper attacks, shooting spree in the Washington, D.C., area that killed 10 people and injured 3 over a three-week period in October 2002. The shooters chose targets seemingly at random and brought daily life in the area to a virtual standstill. Terrorist attacks and related incidents in the United States complied by Wm. Robert Johnston last updated 11 October 2020 Note: table includes terrorist events causing fatalities, incidents involving unconventional weapons, politically-motivated murders, and other incidents of political or methodological significance.

complied by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 October 2020

Note: table includes terrorist events causing fatalities, incidents involving unconventional weapons, politically-motivated murders, and other incidents of political or methodological significance.

Type codes indicate category of attacks/incidents and (if clear) political nature of organization/individual behind the attack:

• TER = terrorist attack
• THW = thwarted terrorist attack
• CRI = criminal incident
• ACC = accident
• bws = Beltway sniper
• islm = islamist
• left = left-wing
• right = right-wing
• natl = nationalist
• unab = Unabomber
• rel = religious

For related listings more thoroughly vetted, see these pages:

date	location	killed	injured	type	description
14 Apr 1865	Washington, DC	1	3	TER	President Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth in Washington DC; secretary of state William H. Seward injured separately by accomplice Lewis Powell; Lincoln died 15 April
2 Jul 1881	Washington, DC	1	0	TER	President James Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau in Washington, DC, died 19 Sep
4 May 1886	Chicago, Illinois	12	60	TER-left	bomb thrown during labor rally at Haymarket Square kills 7 policemen, many injured; police fire into crowd, killing 4; 8 anarchists accused
28 Feb 1890	Washington, DC	1	0	TER	Kentucky Representative William Taulbee shot outside U.S. Capitol by Charles Kincaid; Taulbee died 11 March
6 Sep 1901	Buffalo, New York	1	1	TER-left	President William McKinley shot by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, NY, died 14 Sep
30 Dec 1905	Caldwell, Idaho	1	0	TER-left	Frank Steunenberg, former Idaho governor, killed by bomb
1 Oct 1910	Los Angeles, California	21	20	TER-left	bombing by labor activists at The Los Angeles Times building caused partial collapse of the building; two bombs at other locations were defused
14 Oct 1912	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	0	1	TER-left	former President Theodore Roosevelt shot and injured in attempted assassination outside hotel en route to speech
3 Jul 1915	Glen Cove, New York	0	1	TER	shooting attack on financier J. P. Morgan in failed hostage taking
22 Jul 1916	San Francisco, California	10	44	TER-left	bomb in suitcase explodes at Preparedness Day parade
24 Nov 1917	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	10	2	TER-left	bombing at police station
31 Jan 1919	Washington, DC	3	?	TER	3 Chinese assassinated
29 Apr 1919	Atlanta, Georgia	0	2	TER-left	mail bomb sent to home of senator Thomas Hardwick explodes, injuring a housekeeper and the senator's wife
2 Jun 1919	New York City, New York	2	3	TER-left	anarchist bombings kill a night watchman and a terrorist; additional bombings occurred in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, Paterson, NJ, Cleveland, OH, and two in Pittsburgh, PA
2 Jun 1919	Boston, Massachusetts	0	1	TER-left	anarchist bombing at the home of a state representative injured one child; a second bombing at the house of a judge caused no injuries
16 Sep 1920	New York City, New York	38	300	TER-left	bomb in horse-drawn wagon exploded near Morgan bank in lower Manhattan
22 Jun 1922	Herrin, Illinois	19	?	CRI	shooting by striking workers at labor protest
18 May 1927	Bath, Michigan	46	58	CRI	explosion of bomb placed in school, followed by suicide bombing
21 Feb 1928	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	silver nitrate poison mailed to 9 New York City officials
15 Feb 1933	Miami, Florida	1	4	TER-left	attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin Roosevelt by anarchist Joseph Zangara; Chicago mayor Anton Cermak shot instead, dying 6 March
10 Oct 1933	Chesterton, Indiana	7	0	CRI?	mid-air bombing destroys a Boeing 247
8 Sep 1935	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	2	0	TER	Senator Huey Long shot by Carl Weiss who was shot and killed by bodyguards; Long died 10 Sep
21 Sep 1935	Brooklyn, New York	0	1	TER	plane hijacked from Brooklyn and flown across Atlantic, crashing in Irish Free State; 1 injured
23 Feb 1936	Utuado, Puerto Rico	0	1	TER-natl	police officer shot by Puerto Rican nationalists
23 Feb 1936	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1	0	TER-natl	police officer killed in shooting attack by Puerto Rican nationalists
21 Jan 1938	Seattle, Washington	1	0	THW	peace advocate drowned trying to bomb Japanese steamer
4 Jul 1940
8 Jul 1945	Salina, Utah	9	20	CRI	shooting by guard at German prisoners in POW camp
22 Jul 1948	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	Stephen J. Supona dropped homemade bomb from airplane over United Nations building; no damage caused
5 Sep 1949	Camden, New Jersey	13	0	CRI	shooting attack in residential neighborhood
1 Nov 1950	Washington, DC	2	1	TER-natl	in assassination attempt on President Harry Truman, two Puerto Rican nationalists try to shoot their way into Blair House; 2 killed, including 1 terrorist
21 Dec 1951	Mims, Florida	2	0	TER-right	NAACP state director Harry Moore and his wife killed in bombing of their house
1 Mar 1954	Washington, DC	0	5	TER-natl	Puerto Rican nationalists fire from gallery of U.S. House of Representatives; 5 Congressman injured
7 Nov 1954	New York City, New York	0	4	TER	bomb explodes in seat at Radio City Music Hall during a movie showing
1 Nov 1955	Longmont, Colorado	44	0	CRI	United Air Lines DC-8 exploded and crashed near Longmont, CO, destroyed by bomb planted by John Graham in insurance plot to kill his mother, a passenger
2 Dec 1956	Brooklyn, New York	0	6	TER	bomb explodes at Paramount Theater
1 Nov 1958	Punta Tabaio, Cuba	17	3	TER	Cubana Airlines flight hijacked from Miami by members of 26th of July Movement; plane crashed near Punta Tabaio, Cuba, killing 17 of 20 aboard
15 Sep 1959	Houston, Texas	6	18	CRI	suicide bombing at elementary school
6 Jan 1960	Boliva, North Carolina	34	0	CRI	National Airlines flight bombed in insurance plot, crashing near Boliva, NC
3 Jan 1961	National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho	3	0	CRI	criticality excursion and explosion at SL-1 reactor, apparently due to intentional removal of control rod in murder/suicide act
1 May 1961	Florida	0	0	TER	Puerto Rican hijacks National Airlines plane to Havana, Cuba
22 May 1962	Unionville, Missouri	44	0	CRI	Continental flight bombed
12 Jun 1963	Jackson, Mississippi	1	0	TER-right	Medgar Evers, NAACP Mississippi field secretary, shot and killed at his home
15 Sep 1963	Birmingham, Alabama	4	23	TER-right	bomb exploded under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing 4 young girls (ages 11-14) attending Sunday school
22 Nov 1963	Dallas, Texas	1	2	TER	President John Kennedy shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, himself later fatally shot by Jack Rudy before trial
1 May 1964	San Ramon, California	44	0	CRI	Frank Gonzalez, intending to commit suicide, shot pilot of Pacific Air Lines flight, causing plane to crash
22 Jun 1964	Philadelphia, Mississippi	3	0	TER-right	three civil rights workers kidnapped in Mississippi, bodies found 4 Aug, 7 whites convicted of murders
16 Feb 1965	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	three individuals, including members of Black Liberation Front and Montreal Separatist Party, arrested plotting to bomb Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, and Washington Monument
21 Feb 1965	New York City, New York	1	0	TER	Malcolm X fatally shot
25 Mar 1965	Selma, Alabama	1	0	TER-right	civil rights protestor killed by Ku Klux Klan
11-16 Aug 1965	Los Angeles, California	34	1000	CRI	black riots in Watts; $20 million in damage
10 Jan 1966	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	1	1	TER-right	firebombing by Ku Klux Klan
15 Mar 1966	Los Angeles, California	2	25	CRI	black riots in Watts
1 Aug 1966	Austin, Texas	19	31	CRI	sniper shooting from tower on University of Texas campus
7 Jan 1967	Las Vegas, Nevada	6	12	CRI	R. Paris commits suicide in bombing of Las Vegas motel
29 Jan 1967	Washington, DC	0	2	TER-natl	simultaneous bombing of Yugoslav missions in Washington, DC, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, Ottawa, Canada, and Toronto, Canada; the Washington bombing injured two embassy employees
2 May 1967	Sacramento, California	0	0	THW	26 Black Panthers walk into California State Legislature in Sacramento carrying loaded guns to read a political statement
12-17 Jul 1967	Newark, New Jersey	26	1500	CRI	black riots
12 Jan 1981	Muniz ANGB, Puerto Rico	0	0	TER-natl	Macheteros terrorists bomb 9 Air National Guard jets, causing $40 million in damage
20 Mar 1981	Mobile, Alabama	1	0	TER-right	Ku Klux Klan attack
30 Mar 1981	Washington, DC	0	4	TER	President Ronald Reagan and 3 others injured in attempted assassination by Hinkley
16 May 1981	New York City, New York	1	0	TER-natl	bomb explodes in JFK airport terminal
29 Jul 1981	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1	0	CRI	fatal self-inflicted radiation dose using stolen source
20 Oct 1981	New York City, New York	3	0	TER-left	Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin captured after killing 3
21 Dec 1981	Warren County, New Jersey	1	0	TER-left	UFF members murder New Jersey State Police officer
28 Jan 1982	Los Angeles, California	1	0	TER-natl	Kemal Arikan, Turkish Consul-General, assassinated by Armenian terrorists
4 May 1982	Somerville, Massachusetts	1	0	TER-natl	Orhan Gunduz, honorary Turkish Consul in Boston, assassinated by Armenian terrorists
5 May 1982	Nashville, Tennessee	0	1	TER-unab	mail bomb injures secretary at Vanderbilt University
16 May 1982	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1	3	TER-natl	shooting attack on navy sailors
2 Jul 1982	Berkeley, California	0	1	TER-unab	mail bomb injures professor at University of California
25 Sep 1982	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	13	0	CRI	shooting attack
31 Dec 1982	New York City, New York	0	3	TER-natl	two bombings in Manhattan and Brooklyn by FALN
15 Jul 1983	Los Angeles, California	1	0	TER-natl	bomb in car kills Armenian Victor Galustian
1 Aug 1983	Detroit, Michigan	3	0	TER-islm	Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam secretary killed by members of Fuqra, a black Islamic sect; 2 members killed setting fire in AMI temple
7 Nov 1983	Washington, DC	0	0	TER	bombing at U.S. Capitol building; later linked to Revolutionary Armed Task Force
1 Dec 1983	Seattle, Washington	0	0	THW	authorities prevent attempt by pro-Khomeini students to set fire to theater where 500 anti-Khomeini Iranians were attending a singing performance
31 Dec 1983	New York City, New York	0	1	TER-natl	FALN bombings at federal and city buildings; 1 policeman injured
1 Apr 1984	New York	0	0	THW	two Canadians arrested in NY attempting to purchase large amounts of pathogenic bacteria (tetanus and botulinal toxin) from a Rockville, MD, firm
18 Jul 1984	San Ysidro, California	22	19	CRI	shooting attack at McDonalds restaurant
18 Jul 1984	Denver, Colorado	1	0	TER-right	Alan Berg killed by white supremacists
29 Aug 1984	The Dalles, Oregon	0	2	TER-rel	followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh use water to infect two officials with salmonella; both sickened, one hospitalized
9-19 Sep 1984	The Dalles, Oregon	0	751	TER-rel	salmonella poisoning in restaurants by followers of Bhadwan Shree Rajneesh
7 Dec 1984	Whidbey Island, Washington	1	0	TER-right	Robert Matthews, leader of The Order, a right-wing group, killed in raid by federal agents
25 Dec 1984	Pensacola, Florida	0	0	TER-right	three abortion clinics bombed
1 Apr 1985	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	letter writer threatens to contaminate New York City's water reservoirs with plutonium unless charges against Bernhard Goetz are dropped; testing was announced to have detected femtocurie levels of plutonium in the water on 26 July
13 May 1985	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11	0	CRI	police assault on headquarters of radical black group Move starts fire
15 May 1985	Berkeley, California	0	1	TER-unab	mail bomb injures student at University of California
15 Aug 1985	Paterson, New Jersey	0	1	TER	Tscherim Soobzokov, alleged Nazi war criminal, injured by bombing possibly linked to JDL; died 6 Sep
11 Oct 1985	Santa Ana, California	1	0	TER	Alex Odah, officer of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, killed by bombing possibly linked to JDL
15 Nov 1985	Ann Arbor, Michigan	0	2	TER-unab	bombing injures two
11 Dec 1985	Sacramento, California	1	0	TER-unab	Unabomber bomb kills Hugh Scrutton, a computer store owner, with bomb in paper bag behind store
16 May 1986	Cokeville, Wyoming	2	79	TER-right	two Aryan Nation members take 150 students and teachers hostage at an elementary school; bomb accidentally explodes, killing one terrorist and injuring many children; second terrorist commits suicide
5 Aug 1986	Chicago, Illinois	0	0	THW	members of Libyan-linked street gang El Rukn arrested attempting to obtain SAM to attack an aircraft at O'Hare IAP
20 Aug 1986	Edmond, Oklahoma	15	6	CRI	shooting attack by postal employee at post office
5 Sep 1986	New York City, New York	0	30	TER	tear gas bomb set off 5 minutes before end of Russian dance troupe performance at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House by Jewish extremists
29 Sep 1986	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho	0	0	TER-right	four bombs explode in Coeur d'Alene, at department store, restaurant, federal building, and armed forces recruiting station, set by Bruder Scheigen Strike Force II
28 Oct 1986	Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico	0	1	TER-natl	Macheteros bombings at military facilities
1 Dec 1986	Arizona	0	0	THW	6 members of Arizona Patriots indicted for planned bombings of the Phoenix ADL regional office, a Phoenix synagogue, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, and the Ogden Utah IRS facility
14 Dec 1986	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	Dennis Malvasi sets bomb in Planned Parenthood building in Manhattan, leaving rental agent handcuffed nearby; bomb fizzles
31 Dec 1986	San Juan, Puerto Rico	97	140	CRI	three employees set fire in Dupont Plaza Hotel; most fatalities were in the hotel casino; the employees were in a labor dispute with the hotel's management
20 Feb 1987	Salt Lake City, Utah	0	1	TER-unab	bombing injures computer store owner
1 Apr 1987	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	0	THW	apparent Islamic terrorist plot to bomb Atlantic City casinos called off due to alerted authorities
23 Oct 1987	Vermont	0	0	THW	Lebanese national and two others, all members of Syrian Socialist National Party, arrested attempting to enter Vermont from Canada with bomb components
29 Nov 1987	Livermore, California	0	0	THW	bomb exploded in parking lot of Sandia National Laboratories
12 Apr 1988	New Jersey	0	0	THW	Yu Kikumura, member of Japanese Red Army, arrested in New Jersey with bombs to be detonated in Manhattan 3 days later
10 Nov 1988	Norwalk, Connecticut	0	0	THW	animal rights activist arrested leaving pipe bomb at U.S. Surgical Corporation
17 Jan 1989	Stockton, California	6	30	CRI	shooting attack on children in playground of elementary school; gunman then fatally shot himself
10 Mar 1989	San Diego, California	0	0	TER-islm	pipe-bomb exploded in van of Sharon Lee Rogers, wife of U.S.S. Vincennes captain, planted by pro-Iranian terrorists
13 Mar 1989	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	0	0	THW	US FDA inspectors in Philadelphia discover two grapes laced with minimal amounts of cyanide in shipment from Chile following warning telephoned to U.S. embassy in Santiago
18 Apr 1989	Indianapolis, Indiana	0	1	CRI	child maimed by bomb in toothpaste tube in K-Mart store; apparent teenage perpetrator commits suicide 20 April
19 Apr 1989	Atlantic Ocean, Puerto Rico	47	0	CRI?	explosion in gun turrent of battleship U.S.S. Iowa off Puerto Rico kills 47; Navy cites some evidence of sabotage
21 Aug 1989	Atlanta, Georgia	0	15	TER-right	gas canister in parcel explodes at NAACP regional office
17 Dec 1989	Mountain Brook, Alabama	1	1	TER	Judge Robert Vance killed by mail bomb, wife injured
18 Dec 1989	Savannah, Georgia	1	0	TER-right	black civil rights lawyer Robert Robinson killed by mail bomb
31 Jan 1990	Tucson, Arizona	1	0	TER-islm	Rashad Khalifa assassinated
25 Mar 1990	New York City, New York	87	0	CRI	arson fire in social club
24 May 1990	Oakland, California	0	2	TER-left	two Earth First members injured in explosion while transporting bomb in car
18 Jun 1990	Jacksonville, Florida	10	4	CRI	shooting attack at GMAC office
5 Nov 1990	New York City, New York	1	1	TER-islm	Rabbi Meir Kahane assassinated by Al-Sayyid Abdulazziz Nossair
25 Feb 1991	Brooklyn, New York	1	0	TER-islm	Mustafa Shalabi killed in Brooklyn by Islamic group members
16 Oct 1991	Killeen, Texas	24	20	CRI	shooting attack at Luby's restaurant
1 Mar 1992	Minnesota	0	0	THW	Minnesota Patriots Council plots to assassinate law enforcement officials using ricin
26 Mar 1992	Franklin Lakes, New Jersey	1	0	TER-islm	Parivash Rafizadeh, wife of former senior officer in Iranian Shah's SAVAK, shot near her home
19 Apr 1992	Ruby Ridge, Idaho	2	0	CRI	federal marshals in shootout with white supremacist Randy Weaver in Idaho kill his wife and son
27 Apr-2 May 1992	Los Angeles, California	58	4000	CRI	black riots following not guilty verdict in trial of four policemen for beating black offender
1 May 1992	Olivehurt, California	4	10	CRI	shooting attack at high school
25 Jan 1993	Langley, Virginia	2	3	TER-islm	Mir Amail Kansi, an Afghan Islamist, shot several CIA employees in cars in front of CIA headquarters
26 Feb 1993	New York City, New York	6	1040	TER-islm	truck bombing in garage of World Trade Center
28 Feb 1993	Waco, Texas	86	25	CRI	Branch Davidian cult members kill 4 ATF agents, injure 16, when agents raided their compound in Waco, TX; 10 cult members killed; compound was sieged until 19 Apr when another raid was attempted and the compound burned down
10 Mar 1993	Pensacola, Florida	1	0	TER-right	abortionist David Gunn shot and killed by abortion opponent
22 Jun 1993	Tiburon, California	0	1	TER-unab	bomb injures scientist from University of California
24 Jun 1993	New Haven, Connecticut	0	1	TER-unab	bomb injures professor at Yale University
24 Jun 1993	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and others arrested for role in World Trade Center bombing, thwarting plans to bomb United Nation Headquarters, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, the George Washington Bridge, and FBI offices in New York City
1 Jul 1993	Los Angeles, California	0	0	THW	FBI arrests skinheads planning to machine gun worshippers at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles in hopes of starting a race war
19 Aug 1993	Wichita, Kansas	0	1	TER-right	abortionist George Tiller shot and injured at an abortion clinic
14 Dec 1993	Garden City, New York	6	19	TER-left	Colin Ferguson shot and killed 6, injured 17 on Long Island train, professing hatred of whites
1 Mar 1994	New York City, New York	1	3	TER-islm	gunman fires at van of Orthodox Jewish students at the Brooklyn Bridge
26 Apr 1994	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1	1	CRI	mail bomb kills man and injures his wife
20 Jun 1994	Fairchild AFB, Washington	4	22	CRI	shooting attack at base hospital
29 Jul 1994	Pensacola, Florida	2	1	TER-right	abortion opponent shot and killed abortionist and his bodyguard and injured abortionist's wife
12 Sep 1994	Washington, DC	1	0	TER	Frank Corder flew Cessna from MD into White House, striking tree near President's bedroom, killing himself and causing damage to White House
29 Oct 1994	Washington, DC	0	0	THW	lone gunman with semi-automatic weapon fires shots at White House from sidewalk in front on Pennsylvania Avenue
10 Dec 1994	North Caldwell, New Jersey	1	0	TER-unab	Unabomber mail bomb kills New York advertising executive Thomas Mosser
30 Dec 1994	Brookline, Massachusetts	2	5	TER-right	gunman kills 2 abortion clinic workers in MA, then drives to Norfolk, VA, and fires on clinic before arrest
19 Apr 1995	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	169	675	TER-right	truck bombing of federal building, causing partial collapse
24 Apr 1995	Sacramento, California	1	0	TER-unab	Unabomber mail bomb kills Gilbert Murray, president of California Forestry Assn., at office
1 May 1995	Washington, DC	0	2	THW	man with unloaded gun scales White House fence; jumper and Secret Service agent shot and injured by another guard
12 Sep 1995	Essex, Maryland	5	0	CRI	car bombing at shopping mall, apparent murder plot
10 Oct 1995	Hyder, Arizona	1	100	CRI	Amtrak train derailed near Hyder, AZ, by sabotage to tracks with nearby note claiming responsibility by Sons of Gestapo, later attributed to railroad employee
23 Dec 1995	Arkansas	1	0	THW	Thomas Lewis Lavy arrested in Arkansas for possession of ricin, a biotoxin; Lavy commits suicide the next day
27 Feb 1996	Houston, Texas	0	1	CRI	radioactive source theft
1 Jun 1996	New York	0	0	THW	several individuals arrested in plot to kill Republican officials; seized weapons included radioactive materials
1 Jun 1996	New York	0	0	THW	several individuals arrested in New York planning to kill Republican officials; seized weapons included radioactive materials
17 Jul 1996	East Moriches, New York	230	0	ACC?	mid-air explosion of TWA 800, attribution to accidental explosion has been disputed; victims included 20 children and 38 French citizens
27 Jul 1996	Atlanta, Georgia	2	110	TER-right	pipe bomb explodes in park at night concert at Summer Olympic Games; 1 killed, 1 died nearby of heart attack
2 Jan 1997	multiple	0	0	TER	letter bombs received at Egyptian newspaper offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and a prison in Leavenworth Kansas; similar device exploded at Egyptian newspaper office in London, UK, injuring 2 guards
22 Feb 1997	Atlanta, Georgia	0	4	TER-right	bomb explodes in Atlanta, GA, nightclub frequented by homosexuals; 4 injured
24 Feb 1997	New York City, New York	2	6	TER-islm	lone Palestinian gunman fired on tourists on observation deck of Empire State Building; Danish national was killed and other tourists injured before gunman killed himself
26 Mar 1997	Rancho Sante Fe, California	39	0	CRI	discovery of mass suicide by 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult, tied by cult members to Comet Hale-Bopp
16 May 1997	?	0	0	THW	James Dalton Bell allegedly investigates toxins for use in assassinating government officials
31 Jul 1997	New York City, New York	0	2	THW	would-be Palestinian suicide bombers are arrested at their apartment while planning to bomb New York subways
29 Jan 1998	Birmingham, Alabama	1	1	TER-right	bombing at abortion clinic kills one guard and injures a nurse; Eric Rudolph suspected in case
24 Mar 1998	Jonesboro, Arkansas	5	11	CRI	shooting attack at middle school by two students; 4 students and 1 teacher killed, 9 students and 2 adults injured
21 May 1998	Springfield, Oregon	4	25	CRI	shooting attacks at residence and high school
24 Jul 1998	Washington, DC	2	2	TER	gunman enters U.S. Capitol building and kills two guards; one tourist and gunman are injured
19 Oct 1998	Vail, Colorado	0	0	TER-left	arson attacks by the Earth Liberation Front at Vail ski resort cause $12 million in damages
23 Oct 1998	Amherst, New York	1	0	TER-right	abortionist shot and killed at his home
20 Apr 1999	Littleton, Colorado	15	27	CRI	mass shooting at Columbine High School by two students; 12 students and 1 teacher killed, 21 students and 2 teachers injured; both gunmen killed themselves
10 Aug 1999	Los Angeles, California	1	5	TER-right	shooting attack at Jewish daycare by white supremacist
15 Sep 1999	Fort Worth, Texas	8	8	CRI	shooting attack at church service
31 Oct 1999	Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts	217	0	TER-islm	intentional crash of Egypt Air flight off Nantucket Island by copilot
14 Dec 1999	Port Angeles, Washington	0	0	THW	terrorist arrested crossing from Canada with material to bomb Los Angeles International Airport
7 Feb 2001	Washington, DC	0	1	THW	gunman fires on the White House from outside the perimeter fence; gunman is shot and injured by a guard
11 Sep 2001	New York City, New York	2759	8700	TER-islm	crashing of two hijacked planes into World Trade Center towers, causing fires and collapse
11 Sep 2001	Arlington, Virginia	189	200	TER-islm	crashing of hijacked plane into Pentagon
11 Sep 2001	Somerset County, Pennsylvania	45	0	TER-islm	crashing of hijacked plane into rural area of Pennsylvania, following attempt by passengers to regain control of aircraft
18 Sep 2001	West Palm Beach, Florida	1	10	TER	anthrax-laced letters mailed to West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, and New York City, New York, USA
9 Oct 2001	Washington, DC	4	7	TER	anthrax-laced letters mailed to Washington, DC
22 Dec 2001	Atlantic Ocean, Florida	0	1	THW	British citizen prevented from igniting shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami
8 May 2002	Chicago, Illinois	0	0	THW	US citizen arrested for seeking to use dirty bomb in US
4 Jul 2002	Los Angeles, California	2	4	TER-islm	Egyptian gunman kills two Israelis, injures four at the El Al ticket counter at the Los Angeles International Airport
5 Sep 2002	Clinton, Maryland	0	1	TER-bws	owner of Italian restaurant shot in robbery by Beltway snipers
10 Sep 2002	Lackawanna, New York	0	0	THW	6 U.S. citizens arrested for terrorist connections
21 Sep 2002	Montgomery, Alabama	1	1	TER-bws	liquor store employees shot in robbery by Beltway snipers
2 Oct 2002	Glenmont, Maryland	1	0	TER-bws	1 killed at grocery store by Beltway snipers
3 Oct 2002	Aspen Hill, Maryland	5	0	TER-bws	5 killed in separate shootings by Beltway snipers
4 Oct 2002	Spotsylvania County, Virginia	1	0	TER-bws	1 killed at shopping mall by Beltway snipers
7 Oct 2002	Bowie, Maryland	0	1	TER-bws	1 child injured at a middle school by Beltway snipers
9 Oct 2002	Manassas, Virginia	1	0	TER-bws	1 killed at gas station by Beltway snipers
11 Oct 2002	Fredericksburg, Virginia	1	0	TER-bws	1 killed at gas station by Beltway snipers
14 Oct 2002	Falls Church, Virginia	1	0	TER-bws	1 killed at shopping mall by Beltway snipers
19 Oct 2002	Ashland, Virginia	1	0	TER-bws	1 killed at restaurant by Beltway snipers
22 Oct 2002	Aspen Hill, Maryland	1	0	TER-bws	1 bus driver killed by Beltway snipers
19 Mar 2003	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	US citizen arrested for planning to sabotage Brooklyn Bridge
1 Jun 2003	Alexandria, Virginia	0	0	THW	11 arrested for planning attacks on U.S. servicemen
8 Jul 2003	Meridian, Mississippi	7	8	CRI	shooting attack at factory
28 Nov 2003	Columbus, Ohio	0	0	THW	arrest of terrorist plotting to bomb shopping mall in Columbus
1 Aug 2004	Albany, New York	0	0	THW	2 arrested plotting assassination of Pakistani diplomat
1 Aug 2004	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	2 arrested planning to bomb Penn Station during Republican National Convention
3 Aug 2004	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	terror cell leader arrested in London for planning attacks on financial centers in the US
21 Mar 2005	Red Lake, Minnesota	10	7	CRI	shooting at Red Lake Indian Reservation school
1 Aug 2005	Los Angeles, California	0	0	THW	4 arrested plotting attacks on Los Angeles targets
29 Nov 2005	Santa Cruz, California	0	4	TER-left	4 injured, including several children, by incendiary attacks by suspected animal rights activists
5 Dec 2005	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	0	0	THW	1 arrested plotting attacks on refineries in Wyoming and New Jersey and on the transcontinental pipeline
Feb 2006	Toledo, Ohio	0	0	THW	3 arrested plotting attacks on U.S. military abroad and on domestic targets
5 Mar 2006	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	0	9	TER-islm	man drives vehicle into pedestrians at the University of North Carolina
Apr 2006	Atlanta, Georgia	0	0	THW	2 arrested plotting attacks on U.S. Capitol and World Bank headquarters
22 Jun 2006	Chicago, Illinois	0	0	THW	7 arrested planning to bomb the Sears Tower
1 Jul 2006	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	1 arrested planning to bomb train tunnels
28 Jul 2006	Seattle, Washington	1	5	TER-islm	gunman fires on women at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
9 Aug 2006	?	0	0	THW	British authorities arrest 24 terrorists planning to use liquid explosives on airlines to attack US targets
27 Sep 2006	Bailey, Colorado	2	5	CRI	hostage taking and shooting attack at high school
2 Oct 2006	Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania	6	5	CRI	hostage taking and shooting attack at Amish schoolhouse
Dec 2006	Chicago, Illinois	0	0	THW	1 arrested plotting grenade attack on Chicago area shopping mall
16 Apr 2007	Blacksburg, Virginia	33	17	CRI	shooting attack at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
9 May 2007	Cherry Hill, New Jersey	0	0	THW	6 arrested plotting armed attack on Fort Dix
3 Jun 2007	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	4 arrested in Trinidad plotting to bomb fuel pipelines near JFK airport
1 Aug 2007	Clinton, Michigan	0	1	CRI	radioactive source theft
24 Feb 2008	Los Angeles, California	0	1	TER-left	animal rights activists attempt home invasion of biomedical researcher, injuring the researcher's husband
Jun 2008	Columbus, Ohio	0	0	THW	1 arrested plotting attacks on U.S. and European targets
27 Jul 2008	Knoxville, Tennessee	2	7	TER	gunman fires on congregation at a church
10 Mar 2009	Alabama	11	6	CRI	multiple shootings at residences and businesses in Samson and Geneva, AL
3 Apr 2009	Binghamton, New York	14	4	CRI	shooting attack at immigrant center
20 May 2009	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	4 arrested plotting bombing attacks on New York Jewish centers and attacks against Air National Guard aircraft
31 May 2009	Wichita, Kansas	1	0	TER-right	1 doctor killed (George Tiller) in shooting attack at Reformation Lutheran Church
1 Jun 2009	Little Rock, Arkansas	1	1	TER-islm	1 Army private killed (William Long), second injured in shooting attack at Army Navy Career Center
10 Jun 2009	Washington, DC	1	1	TER-right	1 guard killed (Stephen Johns) in shooting attack at the Holocaust Museum
11 Sep 2009	Owosso, Michigan	2	0	TER-left	abortion protester shot and killed outside a school; the gunman also killed an area businessman
23 Sep 2009	Springfield, Illinois	0	0	THW	US citizen arrested plotting to detonate car bomb at the federal building in Springfield, IL
24 Sep 2009	Dallas, Texas	0	0	THW	terrorist arrested planning to bomb Dallas Fountain Place
21 Oct 2009	Sudbury, Massachusetts	0	0	THW	1 arrested plotting attacks on shopping malls and assassinations of two politicians
5 Nov 2009	Fort Hood, Texas	13	44	TER-islm	shooting attack at Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood
25 Dec 2009	Michigan	0	3	TER-islm	Yemeni terrorist attempts to detonate bomb on flight from Amsterdam to Detroit; bomb only ignites, and passengers and crew subdue the terrorist
18 Feb 2010	Austin, Texas	2	13	TER	suicide crash of small plane into federal office building
4 Mar 2010	Arlington, Virginia	1	2	TER	shooting at gate outside Pentagon; gunman killed
1 May 2010	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	failed car bombing in Times Square by Pakistani terrorists
Jul 2010	Anchorage, Alaska	0	0	THW	2 arrested plotting mail bomb assassinations
1 Sep 2010	Silver Spring, Maryland	1	0	TER	3 hostages held by gunman at Discovery Communications headquarters; gunman killed by police
17 Sep 2010	Washington, DC	0	1	THW	attempted shooting at Capitol Hill; gunman shot and injured by guards
Oct 2010	Washington, DC	0	0	THW	Pakistani-American arrested plotting bombing attack on Washington subway
29 Oct 2010	?	0	0	THW	thwarted attempt to bomb multiple US-bound airliners with parcel bombs sent from Yemen
Nov 2010	Portland, Oregon	0	0	THW	1 arrested plotting bombing at Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland
Dec 2010	Maryland	0	0	THW	1 arrested plotting bombing of military recruiting center
8 Jan 2011	Tucson, Arizona	6	13	TER	shooting attack at political event at a supermarket; U.S. District Judge John Roll killed, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords injured
Feb 2011	Lubbock, Texas	0	0	THW	1 arrested plotting bombings of domestic targets
May 2011	New York City, New York	0	0	THW	2 arrested plotting attacks on a Manhattan synagogue
Jun 2011	Seattle, Washington	0	0	THW	2 arrested plotting attack on Seattle military recruiting station
27 Jul 2011	Killeen, Texas	0	0	THW	thwarted attempt to attack restaurant near Fort Hood with bombing and shooting attack; Naser Abdo arrested
6 Sep 2011	Carson City, Nevada	5	7	CRI?	shooting attack at restaurant, killing 4 (2 died immediately, 2 died later of injuries) and injuring 7 others; casualties included 3 Nevada National Guard soldiers killed and 2 injured; gunman also died of self-inflicted wounds
20 Jul 2012	Aurora, Colorado	12	58	CRI	shooting attack at movie theater; suspect was arrested afterwards; suspect had booby-trapped his nearby apartment with explosives which were successfully disarmed by police
5 Aug 2012	Oak Creek, Wisconsin	7	4	TER-right	6 killed, 4 injured in shooting attack at a Sikh temple shortly before worship service on Sunday morning; one of those injured was a police officer, another was president of the temple; the gunman was shot and killed at the scene by police
14 Aug 2012	LaPlace, Louisiana	2	4	TER	2 police officers killed, 1 injured while investigating attack that injured another officer; 7 arrested, 2 of whom were injured in the shootout; several of those arrested had ties to the sovereign citizen movement
15 Aug 2012	Washington, DC	0	1	TER-left	1 guard shot and injured while subduing gunman at Family Research Council offices
14 Dec 2012	Newtown, Connecticut	28	3	CRI	shooting attack at elementary school kills 20 children and 6 adults; shooter killed himself and had killed his mother earlier that day
15 Apr 2013	Boston, Massachusetts	3	264	TER-islm	two bombings at Boston Marathon kill 3 (including 1 child) and injure 183 (including 8 children)
17 Apr 2013	Washington, DC	0	0	THW	two letters testing positive for ricin mailed to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker and President Obama are found at mail screening facilities; a third letter to an official in Mississippi was awaiting testing; an individual in Mississippi is arrested and charged in the case
18-19 Apr 2013	Watertown, Massachusetts	2	2	TER-islm	1 police officer killed, one injured during manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers; one terrorist killed and one injured and captured
12 May 2013	New Orleans, Louisiana	0	19	CRI	two gunmen fired on crowds at Mother's Day parade; 19 injured, including 2 children
16 Sep 2013	Washington, DC	13	3	CRI	shooting attack at Washington Navy Yard
1 Nov 2013	Los Angeles, CA	1	7	TER	shooting attack at Los Angeles International Airport; 1 TSA officer killed, 2 TSA officers and several civilians injured
2 Apr 2014	Fort Hood, Texas	4	16	CRI	shooting attack on Fort Hood; 3 killed, 16 injured; in addition the gunman killed himself
13 Apr 2014	Overland Park, Kansas	3	0	TER-right	shooting attack at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement home; 3 killed, including one teenager
27 Apr 2014	Skyway, Washington	1	0	TER-islm	shooting attack killed 1
1 Jun 2014	Seattle, Washington	2	0	TER-islm	shooting attack near night club killed 2
8 Jun 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada	5	0	TER-right	shooting attack at restaurant and store; 3 killed, including 2 police officers; both shooters killed themselves
25 Jun 2014	East Orange, New Jersey	1	0	TER-islm	shooting attack killed 1 teenager
12 Sep 2014	Blooming Grove, Pennsylvania	1	1	TER-right	shooting attack on police officers; shooter evaded a manhunt in nearby woods until 30 Oct
25 Sep 2014	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1	2	TER-islm	knife attack at food processing plant killed 1, injured 1; attacker was shot and injured
23 Oct 2014	New York City, New York	1	3	TER-islm	axe attack on police officers injured 2, one severely; police shot and killed the attacker and injured one bystander
28 Nov 2014	Austin, Texas	1	0	TER?	shots fired at Mexican consulate, US courthouse, and police station during early morning hours; failed attempt at arson at consulate; attacker was shot at by police
20 Dec 2014	New York City, New York	3	0	TER	shooting attack killed two police officers, gunman shot and killed himself
3 May 2015	Garland, Texas	2	1	TER-islm	attempted shooting attack at event involving art critical of Islam, one guard shot and injured, both attackers shot and killed by police officer serving as guard
17 Jun 2015	Charleston, South Carolina	9	1	TER-right	gunman killed 9 in attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on a Bible study group; South Carolina state congressman among those killed; 1 injured
16 Jul 2015	Chattanooga, Tennessee	6	2	TER-islm	gunman killed 4 Marines and injures 1 Navy sailor (who died 18 Jul of injuries), 1 police officer, and 1 Marine, at two locations; gunman was shot and killed by police
1 Oct 2015	Roseburg, Oregon	10	9	CRI	shooting attack at Umpqua Community College killed 9 and injured 9; shooter killed himself
4 Nov 2015	Merced, California	1	4	TER-islm?	student stabbed two students and two staff at the University of California; attacker was shot and killed by police
27 Nov 2015	Colorado Springs, Colorado	3	9	TER-right	gunman killed two civilians and one police officer outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, also injuring 4 civilians and 5 police officers
2 Dec 2015	San Bernardino, California	16	23	TER-islm	two attackers killed 14 and injured 21 at a county employee meeting and Christmas party; both attackers were killed hours later in a shootout with police in which 2 police officers were injured
7 Jan 2016	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	0	2	TER-islm	gunman shot and injured a police officer; attacker was shot and injured
11 Feb 2016	Columbus, Ohio	1	4	TER-islm	attacker injured 4 in machete attack at a restaurant; attacker was shot and killed by police when he attacked police at the end of a car chase
12 Jun 2016	Orlando, Florida	50	53	TER-islm	shooting attack at nightclub
7 Jul 2016	Bristol, Tennessee	1	3	TER-left	shooting attack killed one civilian, injured one police officer and three civilians
7 Jul 2016	Dallas, Texas	6	10	TER-left	sniper attack killed 5 police officers, injured 8 police officers and two civilians at protest rally; attacker was killed by police
17 Jul 2016	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	4	3	TER-left	shooting attack killed 3 police officers, injured 3 police officers; attacker was shot and killed by police
20 Aug 2016	Roanoke, Virginia	0	3	TER-islm?	stabbing attack at apartment complex injured 2; attacker was injured and arrested
17 Sep 2016	Seaside Park, New Jersey	0	0	THW	pipe bomb exploded at site of planned Marine Corps benefit run, no injuries due to delayed start of race
17 Sep 2016	Saint Cloud, Minnesota	1	10	TER-islm	stabbing attack at shopping mall injured 10, including one 15-year-old girl; attacker was shot and killed by police
17 Sep 2016	New York City, New York	0	29	TER-islm	bombing on street in Manhattan injured 29; additional bombs were found at other locations in Manhattan and nearby New Jersey but were safely detonated or defused
19 Sep 2016	Linden, New Jersey	0	3	TER-islm	two police officers injured in shootout with perpetrator of 17 Sep bombing in Manhattan; attacker was shot and injured
11 Oct 2016	East Hartford, Connecticut	1	3	CRI?	student pilot fought with his flight instructor and intentionally crashed a private plane near Pratt and Whitney factory
12 Oct 2016	East Boston, Massachusetts	1	2	CRI?	attacker shot and critically injured 2 police officers; attacker was shot and killed by police
28 Nov 2016	Columbus, Ohio	1	11	TER-islm	vehicular attack on students at Ohio State University, after which the driver attacked people with a knife; attacker was shot and killed by police
6 Jan 2017	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	5	6	TER-islm	shooting attack at Fort Lauderdale Airport; 5 killed, 6 injured; 12,000 people evacuated from airport
31 Jan 2017	Denver, Colorado	1	0	TER-islm	fatal shooting of Denver transit authority guard
20 Mar 2017	New York City, New York	1	0	TER	stabbing attack
14 Jun 2017	Alexandria, Virginia	1	5	TER-left	shooting attack targeting Republican lawmakers at a baseball field; 5 injured including U.S. Representative Steve Scalise and 1 police officer; attacker was fatally shot
12 Aug 2017	Charlottesville, Virginia	1	19	TER-right	vehicular attack on protestors
24 Sep 2017	Antioch, Tennessee	1	8	TER	shooting attack on church service; attacker was injured
1 Oct 2017	Las Vegas, Nevada	59	527	CRI?	sniper attack on concert; fatalities included 1 police officer and 2 Canadians; attacker killed himself
31 Oct 2017	New York City, New York	8	12	TER-islm	attacker drove vehicle into people on a bike path, killing 8 (including 5 Argentine citizens and 1 Belgian citizen), then drove into a school bus injuring 4 (including 2 children); attacker was shot and injured
5 Nov 2017	Sutherland Springs, Texas	27	30	CRI	shooting attack on church during worship service; casualties include 9 children killed and at least 4 children injured; attacker was shot and later killed himself
22 Dec 2017	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	1	1	TER-islm	shooting attacks on police officers injures one; the attacker was shot and killed
22 Dec 2017	San Francisco, California	0	0	THW	1 arrested in ISIS-inspired plot for shooting attack on Pier 39 during Christmas holidays
31 Jan 2018	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	2	TER-islm?	vehicular attack injured one civilian; driver was fatally shot by off-duty police officer who was injured during struggle
14 Feb 2018	Parkland, Florida	17	25	CRI	a former student entered a high school, shooting and killing 14 students and 3 staff; 25 others were injured
2-21 Mar 2018	Austin, Texas	3	5	CRI	multiple package bombings in Austin area: bombing at a house on 2 March killed 1; two bombings at houses on 12 March killed one 17-year-old and injured two adults; bombing on residential sidewalk on 18 March injured 2; package explosion at shipping facility in Schertz on 20 March injured 1; bomber killed himself in explosion on 21 March, also injuring one police officer
12 Mar 2018	Palm Beach, Florida	1	3	TER-islm	teenager fatally stabbed a 13-year-old and stabbed two others, including one other 13-year-old
22 Mar 2018	Travis AFB, California	1	0	THW	attacker in a minivan carrying propane tanks drove through gate at Travis AFB and crashed, killing himself
18 May 2018	Santa Fe, Texas	10	14	CRI	shooting attack by student at a high school
27 Oct 2018	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	11	7	TER-right	shooting attack on Jewish worshippers at a synagogue; 4 police officers among those injured; terrorist was shot and arrested
7 Nov 2018	Thousand Oaks, California	13	12	CRI	shooting attack at bar; attacker killed himself
27 Apr 2019	Poway, California	1	3	TER-right	shooting attack at Chabad of Poway synagogue
31 May 2019	Virginia Beach, Virginia	13	5	CRI	shooting attack at municipal building; attacker was killed
29 Jun 2019	Portland, Oregon	0	1	TER-left	reporter assaulted by protesters
13 Jul 2019	Tacoma, Washington	1	0	TER-left	attacker is shot and killed while attempting arson attack at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility
28 Jul 2019	Gilroy, California	4	15	CRI?	shooting attack at Gilroy Garlic Festival; attacker killed himself
3 Aug 2019	El Paso, Texas	22	24	TER-right	shooting attack at Walmart store
4 Aug 2019	Dayton, Ohio	10	27	CRI?	shooting attack outside bar; attacker was shot and killed by police
31 Aug 2019	Odessa and Midland, Texas	8	19	CRI	multiple drive-by shootings by individual evading police; one teenager killed, one infant and 4 police officers among those injured; suspect was shot and killed
6 Dec 2019	Pensacola, Florida	4	8	TER-islm	shooting attack by Saudi flight student in classroom at Pensacola Naval Air Station; attacker was shot and killed by police; other Saudi flight students were arrested, at least one of whom was recording the attack
10 Dec 2019	Jersey City, New Jersey	6	3	TER-left	shooting attacks by two attackers, one linked to Black Hebrew Israelites; police officer killed in first shooting at a cemetery; second shooting at a Jewish-owed kosher grocery store killed three civilians; one attacker was killed, another wounded by police
28 Dec 2019	Monsey, New York	0	5	TER	machete attack on Hanukkah celebration at home of rabbi
29 May 2020	Oakland, California	1	1	TER-right	drive-by shooting attack on police officer outside courthous
31 May 2020	Kansas City, Missouri	1	0	CRI	fatal shooting during carjacking following protest/riot
31 May 2020	Chicago, Illinois	1	0	CRI	shooting during riot/looting of store
31 May 2020	Washington, D. C.	0	60	CRI	police officers and federal agents injured by molotov cocktails and bricks thrown by rioters
1 Jun 2020	Louisville, Kentucky	1	0	CRI	restaurant owner shot and killed during riots
1 Jun 2020	Davenport, Iowa	2	1	CRI	multiple shootings during protests/riots
1 Jun 2020	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	1	CRI	police officer shot in head, seriously injured by protester/rioter
1 Jun 2020	Buffalo, New York	0	2	CRI	vehicle attack on police officers during protest/riot
2 Jun 2020	St. Louis, Missouri	1	4	CRI	retired police officer shot and killed during looting of store; 4 police officers shot and injured during riots
6 Jun 2020	Ben Lomond, California	1	3	TER-right	ambush attack on deputies pursuing suspicious vehicle
Jul 2020	Portland, Oregon	0	113	CRI?	federal agents injured during multiple nights of protests, including eye injuries from lasers used by rioters
12 Sep 2020	Los Angeles, California	0	2	CRI?	ambush shooting attack on two police officers sitting in vehicle

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D.C. SNIPER TERROR: 'This guy is good, but not as a shooter'
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Tuesday, October 15, 2002 | Jon Dougherty

Posted on 10/15/2002 12:31:51 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

A small-arms expert trained in sniper tactics says he believes the shooter currently terrorizing the D.C. area is very capable, but not because of shooting abilities – because he has yet to be captured.

'This guy is good, but not as a shooter,' says Charles Cutshaw, a technical small-arms and tactics writer for several publications, including Jane's Information Group.

'One-hundred-yard shots are nothing,' Cutshaw said in an interview. 'He is good at tactics. I believe he selects his location days in advance. He reconnoiters the site and selects a good 'hide' – a place that affords him cover and concealment, as well as an escape route. Then he takes his shot.'

In each of the 10 shootings thus far, only one shot has been fired – in accordance with the sniper's credo: 'One shot, one kill.' Eight of the 10 victims struck were killed.

If accurate, Cutshaw's theory would explain why police have few solid leads and why the sniper has been successful in eluding capture. His theory would be even more remarkable if there were more than one sniper, as police believe may be the case.

'Whoever this is, he's had some kind of [sniper] training,' Cutshaw said. Another hint: The shooter is leaving no brass bullet casings behind, he says, noting that snipers are trained to pick up their brass, as well as leave no other clues to their identity or shooting location behind.

The primary physical evidence police have are the bullets themselves. Authorities have said most of the shooting victims were struck with .223-caliber ammunition.

Cutshaw said the lack of brass casings at crime scenes may indicate the sniper is using a bolt-action rifle, in which he would not eject the shell casing at all. However, he said, if the shooter is using a semi-automatic rifle, he could have it fitted with a 'brass catcher' – a device that fits on a semi-automatic rifle and catches the brass casings as the weapon ejects them.

'Somebody has trained him not to leave physical evidence,' said Cutshaw.

Also, he added, 'the fact that nobody sees this guy means he is carefully picking his targets.'

The New York Post reported over the weekend that police may in fact have a videotape identifying the shooter. A surveillance camera may have caught the sniper in action in the Wednesday shooting at a Manassas gas station, the report said.

The paper reported Hobert Epps, a 36-year-old Georgia man detained by investigators near the scene of Friday's shooting, said police compared his face with a photo from the tape. Epps said officers told him a wallet-sized image was taken from a surveillance camera near the crime scene.

Cutshaw was skeptical, however.

'I'd be very surprised if a surveillance camera picked him up,' he said. 'If he's smart enough to do what he's doing, I'd certainly think he'd be smart enough to avoid surveillance cameras.'

But is the sniper a terrorist? Cutshaw says he thinks it's very possible the shootings have been the work of terrorists.

WorldNetDaily reported Sept. 4 that an al-Qaida training videotape, captured in Afghanistan, shows Osama bin Laden's terrorists are not only planning attacks with weapons of mass destruction but are preparing to kill Americans with drive-by shootings and home break-ins, through ambushes of law-enforcement officers and targeted assassinations on golf courses.

Meanwhile, the Post also reported yesterday that cops have retreated somewhat from their initial belief that the shooter may only be a 'sniper wannabe' – someone who is fascinated with the sniper subculture but has only limited sniper skills – because of the Manassas attack.

Last Wednesday, the sniper shot and killed Dean Myers, 53, from a distance of around 150 yards – a difficult shot, police said, because Meyers was hit in the head by a bullet that threaded a tight corridor between two fuel-pump islands, said the paper.

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Cutshaw even opined that the Beltway sniper, as he is being called, may never be captured, unless he gives himself up.

That viewpoint was shared by a 31-year Marine Scout Sniper veteran, the details of which were included in a column penned by Capitol Hill Blue's Doug Thompson yesterday.

'He won't get caught,' the Marine sniper vet – who was not named – said. 'He will have to quit on his own or turn himself in.'

The veteran also voiced concern over a theory now under consideration by police and federal officials – that the shooter or shooters were trained in the U.S. military.

He said the Manassas shooting 'was the work of a pro. Well-planned, scoped out. I'm starting to think this guy was trained by one of the services.'

Police have asked the Defense Department to check various armed forces' sniper schools for information about former students, rejected applicants or students kicked out for psychological problems, the New York Post said yesterday.

Over the weekend, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., badgered the National Rifle Association for opposing a bill he has authored calling for a national database of 'ballistic fingerprints' for every firearm sold.

Each firearm would be test-fired by gun makers before they are sold, with the bullet 'fingerprints' put into a federal database.

'We let our police use human fingerprints; why don't we let our police use the fingerprint that guns and bullets make?' asked Schumer.

Cutshaw said he is disappointed by some lawmakers' calls for stricter laws against so-called 'sniper rifles,' mostly because he says they are – perhaps intentionally – misrepresenting certain weapons for political gain.

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'The call is already going to ban sniper rifles, but what's a 'sniper rifle'?' he said. 'It could be any rifle with a scope on it.

'You don't need a true sniper rifle for shots at 100 yards or so,' he continued. 'Any rifle with open sights will do. I can take those kinds of shots with most [semi-automatic] rifles on the market now.'

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'But is the sniper a terrorist? Cutshaw says he thinks it's very possible the shootings have been the work of terrorists.'

I believe this as well.

al-Qaida terrorists, that is.

Take a look at the movie titled 'Enemy At the Gate'. It's about Vassily Saitsev, a Russian WWII sniper. He killed close to 300 Germans with shots to the head. The Germans called in their best to hunt him down, but were never able to.

My own opinion is that this sniper is somehow associated with Al Queda, and is just a warning of things to come.

The enemy has sneaked into our country while our government turned a blind eye to the absense of our borders. The chicks have come home to roost.

Learn how to be a sniper.

It seems logical to me that if these guys spent years learning how to do their deeds of 9-11, they could have also spent time learning to shoot. There could be other cells in other cities ready to do the same thing.

If this latest shooting occured after dark, as it appeared to, I'm surprised that no one noticed a muzzel flash.

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He's probably beacketed by stuff that hides his position and the muzzle flash. Unless you know where to look, you won't see it.

'You don't need a true sniper rifle for shots at 100 yards or so,' he continued. 'Any rifle with open sights will do. I can take those kinds of shots with most [semi-automatic] rifles on the market now.'

I'm not sure why the 'semiautomtic' parenthetical was added. You can take accurate 100 yard shots with a good Civil War era design black powder rifle.

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