Profilers: Military shooter could raise the stakes

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Washington-area criminal profilers said it doesn’t appear that the person shooting at military buildings wants to hurt anyone — but that could change.

Experts said publicly belittling the shooter could provoke the person into taking his anger out on people, like in the D.C. sniper case. Or the shooter is preparing for something more dangerous. This case seems a little different, experts said.

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