CO - Possible Serial Shooter Has Colorado Drivers on Edge #1

[margarita25]

Also I know it likely isn't relevant but it's been bugging me.
From the descriptions I've heard of Mr. Jacoby he sounds like he may have had a cognitive disability?

His job, transportation and personality descriptions made me think maybe he was cognitively disabled in some way.
That would only make the crime that much more senseless but I wondered if anyone knew for sure?
Just one of those things that's been bugging me for a while, since I have a child with a cognitive disability.

Yes, absolutely. He did have a cognitive disability iirc. I also thought I read his hearing wasn't that great...(I could be imagining things at this point)...

Hopefully he had no idea what hit him, didn't feel any pain or fear. Was just riding his back happily and that's the last thing he experienced.

As far as WC, he was still alive for a while---so tragic that he couldn't prvide any information before he died...its like the movies when a victim is shot, lying on the ground, blood spurting out their mouth, and someone is holding them saying "stay with me...who did this..." and the person is just about to utter it but dies. Man, I wonder if he saw the vehicle, saw the perp...

 

[margarita25]

Not sure if there's anything new/potentially important here since I can't view videos right now...

Colorado Killings Spark Fears of Possible Serial Shooter
FRI, JUN 05

Northern Colorado is on edge and investigators are searching for answers after multiple shootings have left two dead in the otherwise peaceful area.
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...fears-of-possible-serial-shooter-458317379709

 

[margarita25]

More videos (sorry if already posted):


Police Ask for Public to Help Catch Possible Colorado Serial Shooter
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...atch-possible-colorado-serial-shooter-n370551

"Cops say there's one essential element in cracking these types of cases: the public.

"The public is absolutely critical in a case like this," said NBC News law enforcement analyst Jim Cavanaugh. "All these cases are broken by some help from the public."

It was the help of a witness in Kansas City, Missouri, last year who told police she had been followed by another driver and then jotted down his license plate. That driver ended up being the alleged suspect in at least 12 shootings that terrorized three Kansas City-area highways."

(Foxfire, did you write this article? :biggrin: )

(Eta: woah, actually it sounds like me lol:
"Channel what might be fear into being productive," Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker asked residents during a news conference Thursday.)

 

[spamelope]

Unlikely I think. Unless he is a Wyomingite who happens have a grudge against Coloradans. Otherwise he could just shoot people in Wyoming, without having to drive to another state.

I've lived in both states, and let me tell you, most Wyomingites HATE Coloradoans. Boy, I got grief for my "Greenie" plates up there for a long time! Ironically, a lot of people from WY do a lot of their shopping in Fort Collins. It's only 47 miles to Fort Collins from Cheyenne. It's certainly possible. But Greeley really screams out at me as far as where he may live because the shootings are all around, but not in it. "Nothing to see here in Greality, folks!"

 

[margarita25]

I've lived in both states, and let me tell you, most Wyomingites HATE Coloradoans. Boy, I got grief for my "Greenie" plates up there for a long time! Ironically, a lot of people from WY do a lot of their shopping in Fort Collins. It's only 47 miles to Fort Collins from Cheyenne. It's certainly possible. But Greeley really screams out at me.

Greeley, definitely a point of interest that keeps coming up!

Eta: Back to Wyoming, 47 miles seems like a workable distance to me, especially after seeing almost this exact number mileage wise on Forager's images breaking down the daily shattering incidents on an April day that had 3...the image with the triangle iirc was 43 miles?

 

[margarita25]

"If the three cases are the work of a serial shooter, he or she likely has no connection to the victims or any particular target, said Eric Hickey, dean of the California School of Forensic Studies who has studied serial killers.

The victims are "proxies for his anger and whatever he's angry about," he said, speaking generally.

"He'll make mistakes," Hickey said. "They always do."*

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...atch-possible-colorado-serial-shooter-n370551


*I agree with this. I think they'll catch whoever is responsible for this. When is the question imo, and how many other people die before this happens. Jmo

 

[margarita25]

Colorado slaying may be latest in serial shooter attacks, authorities fear

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-colorado-serial-shooter-attacks-20150604-story.html

"The shooting death of a 65-year-old man in Loveland, Colo., is the latest in a number of attacks that has left law enforcement officials and suburban residents concerned that a serial shooter has set upon at least three towns in the northern part of the state."

 

[FindHG]

The video you at 20 secs you'd asked about, magz, which Foxfire pointed out:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/42791959...gray-case/?playlist_id=trending#sp=show-clips



grey pickup truck shattered window

 

[margarita25]

Colorado Shootings Spark Serial Gunman Fears
Police probe a link between the death of the 65-year-old and the shooting of a cyclist and a motorist.

http://news.sky.com/story/1496706/colorado-shootings-spark-serial-gunman-fears


"She said the night-time walks helped him sleep after work."


Okay, just a thought---I know these are probably random, but just wondering, if this guy is always out walking, if the shooter had maybe passed by around the same time before, maybe on his way home from work or something, and saw him walking...

*I doubt this, just thinking out loud...

 

[margarita25]

The video you at 20 secs you'd asked about, magz, which Foxfire pointed out:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/42791959...gray-case/?playlist_id=trending#sp=show-clips

View attachment 75907

View attachment 75908 grey pickup truck shattered window

Thank you FHG.

I guess I'm missing something...what is interesting about the sign?

Also, what is the significance exactly of the grey truck image? Sorry if I'm spacing out. Tia.

 

[FindHG]

Thank you FHG.

I guess I'm missing something...what is interesting about the sign?

Also, what is the significance exactly of the grey truck image? Sorry if I'm spacing out. Tia.

you'll have to ask Foxfire, for a complete answer. How's that for a dodge? sorry *shrug* the "L" maybe. The pickup truck is for Forager's map, the video has a date for it, we're trying to put it with the right date., FTR.

 

[margarita25]

Serial shooter may have struck again in northern Colorado after Loveland man found shot dead on sidewalk
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/serial-shooter-feared-n-colo-2-killed-weeks-article-1.2246524


John Michaels, chief of the Windsor Police Department in Colorado, holds up a poster about the murder of bicyclist John Jacoby during a news conference May 29. A fatal shooting Wednesday night in Loveland may be linked, authorities fear.




A series of shootings have happened within a 15-mile radius south of Fort Collins, along the edges of Larimer and Weld Counties in an area some 60 miles north of Denver.




A 65-year-old man was found shot to death Wednesday night in Loveland in what authorities suspect was a random attack.

 

[margarita25]

JUN 5 2015, 8:19 AM ET

Is Serial Shooter on the Loose in Colorado
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/serial-shooter-loose-colorado-n370311

Anything on this video FHG? Can't view videos, not sure if there's anything new here. Tia.

 

[margarita25]

Post-shooting, Northern Colorado refuses to live in fear http://www.9news.com/story/news/loc...hooting-community-northern-colorado/28534027/

"Despite the threat of a potential serial killer on the loose in Northern Colorado, while residents are fearful, they also are digging in their heels."

Snip


"But finding the person or persons responsible for the three shootings is a difficult task, given the random nature of the attacks, say experts. And though the public wants more answers from law enforcement, providing that information compromises the investigation."

Snip


"Most of the time solving these crimes comes from reliable citizens who are informed,'' he said. "Sometimes it comes from people who associate in criminal activity. They hear a partial piece of the evidence and are influenced by money from Crime Stoppers and you get just enough evidence to break the case.''


(Photo: Erin Hull/The Coloradoan)

*I think I'm starting to post the same things over and over, lol

 

[FindHG]

More videos (sorry if already posted):


Police Ask for Public to Help Catch Possible Colorado Serial Shooter
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...atch-possible-colorado-serial-shooter-n370551

"Cops say there's one essential element in cracking these types of cases: the public.

"The public is absolutely critical in a case like this," said NBC News law enforcement analyst Jim Cavanaugh. "All these cases are broken by some help from the public."

It was the help of a witness in Kansas City, Missouri, last year who told police she had been followed by another driver and then jotted down his license plate. That driver ended up being the alleged suspect in at least 12 shootings that terrorized three Kansas City-area highways."

(Foxfire, did you write this article? :biggrin: )

(Eta: woah, actually it sounds like me lol:
"Channel what might be fear into being productive," Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker asked residents during a news conference Thursday.)

Police Ask for Public to Help Catch Possible Colorado Serial Shooter
Jacob Rascon reports with Erik Oritz, for NBC Nightly News from Loveland, June 5, '15, 12:02 pm et

GMA report with the same team earlier emphasizes the LE's appeal to the public. Mr. Rascon reports

"now counting on the public to help them stop a killer who they hope isn't just getting started. The intense manhunt picks up again this morning. Investigators say, that tips from the public have been critical to solve past serial shootings,... hoping that the public will come through, yet again.



some screen caps from the news you posted, magz

 

[margarita25]

Oh, here we go:

Former FBI agent: NoCo shooter likely local
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/

"An ex-FBI agent says a task force investigating a series of shootings in northern Colorado should engage the public…"

(Foxfire? :biggrin: )



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Former FBI agent says northern Colorado shooting task force should engage public for tipsEx-FBI agent Brad Garrett worked D.C. Sniper case

Marshall Zelinger

1:03 AM, Jun 6, 2015

"DENVER - A former FBI agent who worked the Washington, D.C. sniper investigation believes a task force investigating a series of shootings in northern Colorado should engage the public for tips.

So far, the task force has been silent on details."

 

[margarita25]

"Brad Garrett, the former FBI agent turned ABC analyst, says to get information, the task force needs to release more information.

"The officer needs to stand there and explain, 'Look, we've had a shooting at this location, this is what little information we know, we need your help,'" Garrett said."

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...ting-task-force-should-engage-public-for-tips

 

[margarita25]

"7NEWS reporter Marshall Zelinger spoke with Garrett via webcam about investigating a potential serial sniper.

"You don't pick Windsor and Loveland, Colorado just out of thin air. You pick them because you have some history in those locations," said Garrett. "There is a great likelihood that this shooter lives in the community, has a history in the community [and] works in the community."

Garrett helped interrogate Washington, D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo in 2002.

"I was in the FBI then, had a number of weapons on my person, in my car; I even ducked behind certain pillars when I filled up with gas because it wouldn't matter how many guns you have, somebody could still shoot you with a sniper rifle," said Garrett."

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...ting-task-force-should-engage-public-for-tips

 

[margarita25]

"He told 7NEWS that law enforcement have likely scoured the neighborhood for surveillance video from nearby convenience stores and gas stations.

"Maybe the actual shooting didn't get caught on video, but there's a 7-Eleven, a school, a location where an individual would have to drive logically away from a shooting scene," said Garrett. "It's not uncommon for bad guys to buy food, cigarettes, gas, etc."

He also said they are likely tracing the bullets used in the shooting to a specific weapon, and then going to local gun shops to search recent gun purchase records."

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...ting-task-force-should-engage-public-for-tips

 

[MsFacetious]

I wonder what they will do if this 3rd shooting isn't the same weapon?
If the ballistics are the only link then what do they do if there is more than one weapon involved?