• Nora (She/Her)@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 hours ago

    Nooot really? I mean I’m not gonna lie I haven’t really looked into the exact shooting here but 200 yards isn’t really that crazy of a shot. If you assume the shooter was aiming for the neck it becomes a bit of a crazy shot, but I bet they were aiming for the head or body.

    I’m sure many people who regularly go hunting could land a 200 yard shot. Heck I bet if you gave someone a few weeks of practice in a range they could consistently land 200 yard shots.

    I say this from a place where I actually have fired guns before, including things like Ar-15s and an assortment of hunting rifles. They’re just too easy to use.

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        6 hours ago

        For now sure. I doubt the killer will get away with it forever, and even if he does, I won’t be shocked if someday we found out that it was just a hunter, who escaped into the local desert/woods/mountains whatever is near that town.

        I have little faith in cops in general to do the right job, and with the amount of confusion, “We got him!” “No we didn’t!” “We got him!” “Also not this guy!” on the scene it’s not astounding that the shooter wasn’t caught immediately, at least to me anyway.

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      6 hours ago

      The shooter was very professional and shot him in the upper chest. The bullet ricocheted off his armor plate and into his neck. When the bullet hit the vest, it flattened and the jagged edges cut that main artery instantly and he bled out. The shooter was probably about 70-80 feet above Charlie, with 3,000 people around, a tent probably covering Charlies head, and had to flee the scene and blend in with the crowd running.

      This sounds like government job all day long.