Not Random

Let’s hope they find the shooter soon.

Saturday night’s drive-by shooting in the Town of Addison that left a 16-year-old Slinger girl in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head was not a random act, Washington County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said today.

“Other residents don’t need to worry” that someone is driving around shooting at motorists, Schmidt said.

Nicole Sell was a passenger in a vehicle heading west on Highway K about 11 p.m. Saturday when someone in a passing westbound vehicle shot at her vehicle multiple times, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Two other boys in the car, Scott Cecil, 17, of Hartford, and Justin Towne, also 17, of Slinger, were not hurt.

Schmidt said it was unknown yet whether the three teens knew the person who fired the shots.

1. Well, I’m certain it must be a comfort to know that this wasn’t a random act, that a person or persons unknown and un-named for reasons undisclosed were travelling down that road targetting certain individuals to be shot at.

   Yeesh! All we need now is McBride and Patrick to start hollering for AG Goodhair’s head because he hasn’t told us all he knows about this, too.

   Posted by on May 06, 2008 at 0612 hrs




2. Since they have no idea who did the shooting or why how can they be sure this is not a random act?

   Posted by on May 09, 2008 at 1504 hrs




3. Wondering the same thing, reaper, and I don’t think the following adds any clarity.

   This just in from MJS Online:

   The shooting might have stemmed from a road rage incident just moments before or it might eventually be connected to an as yet undetermined relationship between the shooter and one or more of the teens, according to Schmidt. It has not been determined if more than one person was in the suspect vehicle at the time of the shooting.

   Sheriff’s detectives have interviewed more than 50 people since last Saturday and members of the public have provided numerous leads that continue to be investigated.

   Posted by on May 09, 2008 at 2014 hrs