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'Washington sniper is not a professional'

Perhaps "he had some disappointment in his childhood, felt inadequate, snapped and decided to do something about it." That disappointment could well have been a rejection from the military or marksmanship training, criminologists said.
Certainly, the shooter's mediocre marksmanship, in which he missed one target entirely, indicates that he had not been trained, they said.
"He's not an expert," said Elba Silva Vargas, a Colombian prosecutor in Washington on official business.
"A sharpshooter never misses." - AFP