Sniper Left Taunting Note, Police Say -- Washington Post

When this story about the sniper first started, I wondered about this person's motive. Seemingly random...

Then, I starting thinking about Death, a character in Terry Pratchett's fantasy satire series, Discworld. What the corrilation?

Well, Death is a strange character. In "Soul Music", he gets all existental about life and takes a vacation from his job. But, someone has to fill in for him because, you know, people have to die... That's where the sniper comes in... He's motive is he's filling in for Death... or perhaps Death has hired an assistant. I mean, there's a lot of people who's time is up and Death can't be everywhere at once...

Ok, not really... but that's what happens when I let my mind wonder... Reality gets all skewered...

Seriously, it seems like our sniper has left a calling card...

"Dear policeman, I am God," the message said. Police said it was found on a Tarot card known as the Death card, part of a deck used in fortunetelling

I would venture a guess and say this guy knows nothing about tarot cards because the Death card isn't necessarily a bad card to get. In tarot, the Death Card signifies a big change, a rebirth and renewal and in the end, it's really not a bad card. There are much worse cards to get, like the Tower (called the Broken House here; scroll down), or the Happy Squirrel...