Here are more linkes regarding the incident: http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/washington/stories/NW_082909WAB-northgate-shooting-KS.12a85c79b.html http://www.kirotv.com/news/20611970/detail.html Investigators also found a hidden campsite the suspects had built in a wooded area near North Seattle Community College: http://www.katu.com/news/56231487.html

It is fair to say that this incident happened only about a week after there was a major highway shutdown due to shootout by two gunmen in the King County/Seattle area (which includes Kirkland, Redmond, and Bellveue). The two males who were arrested after shots were fired over I-5 Friday night had an AK-47 and multiple rounds of ammunition: http://northseattle.komonews.com/content/spd-shooters-near-nscc-had-ak-47-multiple-rounds-unused-ammo

The Microsoft Macro Recorder was sometimes useful in 3.1. The recorder could track your keystrokes and mouse clicks and repeat your actions during the replay. I think it converted the actions into a macro script that could also be manually edited in a text editor. The nice thing about it was that it was like a quick visual batch file to automate procedures without having to write scripts.