So what are we dealing with here? Previous sightings were of a white van and I think that the cream color is a misjudgement by some witnesses. White Astro vans are common as hell... I used to drive one myself. I've never seen a cream colored Astro van and I think that it's likely that darkness and a dirty van could give someone the perception of a cream or beige color.
A tail light that's out and a dented bumper? Wouldn't be from a big company; it's from a small company. Big companies keep up on that stuff. Letters on the side, not easily read? Possibly a used fleet vehicle with the letters removed, like a lot of small companies purchase. With a half-million dollar reward out there, a small contractor would turn in his mother almost as quickly as he would one of his employees. So it's a solo serviceman who works primarily on the weekends and on a ladder. Satellite dish installer? Gutter cleaner? This guy is way too clever to appear deranged in public. This guy drives home every night to a neighborhood where his neighbors joke with him that they're going to turn him in because of the type of van he drives, although there's no way that he could be a shooter.
What's with the "Michael's" connection? One speculation is that St Michael is the patron saint of law enforcement and it's a means to taunt the police. I'll bet a dollar that the shooter is named Michael. If I decided to go on a shooting spree, it'd be in front of Gallucci's Pizzeria in Lincoln City, OR. Most people beg for death after eating there anyway.
Who knows? It's pretty fucking tragic, regardless. All of my assumptions above could be shot down quickly... even by me.
Oh, and while I'm on the subject... When Montgomery County, MD police chief Charles Moose "lashed out" at the media, the public relations and damage control the news stations spewed forth was absolutely the most chickenshit crap ever put on the air. The story I saw from Portland's own KGW (Charles Moose is a former police chief here in Portland) focused on Chief Moose and his "temper." As though he raised his voice or hit someone. Moose merely spoke sternly to the press who were aggravating a touchy situation. KGW put forth a biased segment where a reporter interviewed Moose's former colleagues specifically about his temper. The footage they showed didn't match the story's copy... Moose is not a man out of control; he's a determined individual who isn't afraid to call "bullshit." However, he made news organizations feel uncomfortable and KGW knows that if you put propaganda over the air, people will believe it.
I will not ever, ever, watch Portland's KGW news again knowing that they're willing to skew the truth in order to push forth with their own agenda. KGW is also the same news entity with a sign language interpreter during their morning news broadcast. When KGW's longtime sign language translator Hank Stack died this year, anchor woman Brenda Braxton made it a point to mention in a radio interview that KGW is the only channel to provide a sign language interpreter. It was also KGW that paid to have their weatherman Matt Zaffino and anchor woman Tracy Barry carry the Olympic torch through Portland, reducing an honor usually bestowed upon people who have exhibited enormous courage and athletic acheivement into a marketing opportunity. Is nothing sacred at KGW?
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