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Highway? >> i think they are doing everything they can. for those of us that lived here in d.c. and were involved in the d.c. sniper case or the general public, i think we all remember the fear that it put into the public around here. you know, this is a real case of domestic terrorism. they are right on with that particular nomenclature for this crime. >> no question. i remember living through those as well. thanks for joining us. "outfront" next, a tennis legend says police officers tackled him during a wrongful arrest. why was he targeted? what were they looking for. a nevada family fac...

Received cuts from a shattered windshield. >> it's just a matter of time. if this keeps going, whether he means to or not, the shooter i'm talking about, very likely is going to end up shooting somebody while they're driving the vehicle. if a driver gets shot or veered the vehicle off, we could have a major not only shooting but a major car accident too. >> reporter: former u.s. martial art roderick was a top investigator in the 2002 d.c. sniper case when ten innocent people were killed. he says ballistics and indications of trajectory will be critical to investigators. they've already got ser...

We do know your cell phone gives off pings and you're able to, even through location services, kind of get a gps tracking of an individual. do you know, jim, how quickly authorities could trace his location from his phone? do you know that? >> yes. they can do it pretty rapidly, and they're going to have air assets up as well, fixed wing and helicopters in areas they think he might have been, where he lived, or if that was his vehicle that was spotted. that's still unsure, tamron. but they have air assets, they'll use the electronic tracking assets and they should be using their negotiation as...

And wrong? the prosecutors put on a very strong case. over 200 witnesses to show that he planned this. he had elaborate notebooks and he even had the bobby trapped apartments so first when responders came to his home, they would be injured. he really thought it out in elaborate detail. and he did know right from wrong and therefore he was legally guilty. >> the idea of the not guilty by reason of insanity plea, it has been around for a while. i think it was john hinckley with the twinky defense. do you think people are more skeptical of that defense? >> i think there are people who are profoun...

>> i think there are people who are profoundly mentally ill where the juries will not apply it. and we saw the sniper case. that was a severely ill young man but the jury rejected that defense. amert somebody committed a horrific crime but we'll let hill go. it feels like an excuse. what a lot of people don't understand, he would have been locked up in a psychiatric facility for a very long time. however, this case surely both sides knew was all about the penalty phase. whether he will get death penalty or not. that's where the real trial begins, probably starting on monday. >> totally differe...