The latest shooting happened at a steak house in Ashland, VA. Looking at an aerial photo, I guess the steakhouse is on the southwest intersection near the red pushpin. That photo is also 8 years old, so the area might have changed since then. It looks like the easiest way out would be to run through the wooded area either east or southeast to a waiting vehicle. Rather than heading north, the vehicle would head south a block, turn right on Junction, and then get to Highway 1, the north/south street on the left side of the aerial photo. As shown on the street map, heading south on Highway 1 and turning left on Ashcake Rd. takes you to I95 after 2.5 miles. From there, it's not that far to the maze of streets and freeways surrounding Richmond, where it would probably be easy for the shooter to lose himself in the crowd.

But, what's he going to do when he reaches Richmond? Is he going to keep driving around all night? Is he going to get a motel room? Or, a campground? And, the idea of getting back on I95 seems risky. This time, it apparently took just one minute for the first cop to arrive on the scene; for all the shooter knew, the local PD could have blocked entrances to I95. It's probably more likely that he took some combination of side roads back to wherever he was going; as this post makes clear, that probably wasn't that difficult.

There's also the possibility that this is organized terrorism, and the shooter already had a local safe house. Less likely is that he biked or hiked somewhere. Although, the surrounding area appears to be fairly flat, and someone in good shape could probably cover a lot of ground fairly quickly. He might have even made an impromptu camp somewhere within hiking or biking distance. In the morning, he could catch a Greyhound bus back to his home base. If he's doing this without a vehicle, however, one would think that bloodhounds searching for the scent of a recently shot gun would be able to find him.

I also note that this victim is 36 years old, the youngest male victim except for the 13 year old kid. This shooting also lends doubt to the theory of 9 kills in 11 attempts being some kind of 9/11 code.