Not a Random Act of Violence
Thayer Avenue has confimed that the shooting on Easley Friday night was, indeed, a premeditated act. The victim, Marc Ray, has been shot twice before in apparent “hit” attempts. Looks like the third time was a charm.
The suspected shooter, 27-year-old Rohan Campbell, allegedly took a cab to Silver Spring Towers, where he shot Ray and then fled the scene. The details that led to his eventual arrest remain unclear at this time.
What this means, of course, is that you’re no worse off walking home from the Quarry House than you are anywhere else. But in the immortal words of Mad-Eye Moody, “Constant Vigilance!”
EDIT: Post edited to properly insert “suspected” and “allegedly.” In the absence of trial and conviction, he is presumed innocent. I feel it all the more important to emphasize that in a day and age when our bonehead leaders think extraordinary rendition is a good idea.
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Maybe he was under the Imperius Curse. Is that a legitimate defense?
Excellent post.
Only if he pulled an Avada Kadavra, I think. With a handgun from a straw purchase out in Virginia, maybe not so much.
Thanks for this update. I would like to know if it was Rohan Campbell that shot Mark Ray the first two times and why Ray was a target (my guess is it is drug related). Also, did Campbell flee the scene using the taxi he arrived in?
I imagine that Campbell fled the scene using metro, but was foiled by delays on the red line.
On a related note, I want to know how he got a cab driver to take him to Silver Spring.
Held the cabdriver at gunpoint, obviously.
I actually knew Mark Ray or Mo as most of us called him. He was a nice guy from what I could tell, always smiling and very friendly. He DID in fact live in SS Towers. I do have a feeling that this may be drug related and that he was a target.
I guess we all have our flaws. I was truely sad to hear that this had happen to him. R.I.P. Moe.
According to today’s Montgomery Gazette, “According to the charging documents, a witness who dropped Campbell off at the Silver Spring towers saw the shooting. The witness then drove Campbell to the corner of Piney Branch Road and Aspen Street NW in Washington, DC.” The Gazette also quotes the police as saying that there was a woman who was with Campbell at the time of the shooting and was at the Motel 6 with him when he was arrested on Saturday.
So it sounds like Campbell took a cab along with his lady friend to the Silver Spring towers, asked the driver and his friend to wait while he shot Ray, then got back into the cab for the getaway trip.
Nothwithstanding the question of why someone could bring himself to commit such a heinous act as premediated murder (allegedly), why would he do it in front of so many witnesses? I suppose acts of great evil and stupidity are not mutually exclusive.
Gazette article here:
http://tinyurl.com/2f8qvs