The Washington Sniper

A sniper is a person who shoots a gun, usually a rifle, and kills someone far away; maybe five hundred metres away, sometimes a kilometre. Most snipers are soldiers killing others in wartime; or special police officers killing terrorists or bank robbers. They are not only good at shooting people at a long distance but they are also good at hiding and planning the kill. Sometimes, not often, the sniper is a criminal. The Mafia use snipers, for example, but the worst kind of sniper is the one who does it for fun – like a deer hunter – laughing at the police who find it hard to catch such a cold-blooded killer.