In April, the New Orleans Police Department’s Director of Communications asked me to stop referring to Interstate 10 shooters as serial snipers, and I have complied. However, for the record, the Merriam-Webster dictionary does define “serial” as “performing a series of similar acts over time” and “snipe” as “to shoot at exposed individuals from a concealed point of vantage.” In other words, repeat offenders do not have to fire high-powered rifles from atop high-rise hotels to be called snipers.

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