Am I the only one that watches that video and thinks that particular sniper never fired a shot? Looks to me more like he's lifting his head and adjusting rifle positioning for target acquisition. If he fired "when the rifle jerked" or whatever the article says, he snapped off a round in a hurry. Audio would also support he didn't fire.
Kind of supports the other comments that this particular sniper teams line of sight was blocked or something and the other SS sniper team actually fired
I initially had the same thoughts as many others...how did the shooter ever got off a shot if he was on roof for multiple minutes?
But then, even if they know there's a threat out there via radio comms, they likely also knew local LEO were working on it...how do you know the guy you can partially see on a roof isn't local LEO? Clothing and description I guess?
Once he starts shooting at the rally you know for sure.
Either way, still shocked this guy was able to get access to that roof so close to the venue and get off rounds the way he did...I truly didn't think that'd be possible in today's day and age of security...apparently SS thought the same.
Like so many things in life, it seems to have been a combination of little things that added up to a big f-up.
The SS leans heavily on preventing anyone from getting into this position to begin with so it was probably a bit of a surprise when he popped up. The SS was probably in disbelief that someone with a rifle could get that close themselves. I imagine the SS cleared that building the night before but given it was on a
different property across a fence, it wasn't given as much thought the day of. Heck, the
local PD may have been in charge of keeping people out of there, or they may have even allowed people who worked there access.
Two things I noticed about the sniper team in the background. The way he lifted his head,
I don't think he had a clear line of sight to the guy. Given the way he lowered his rifle, it appears he
was scanning way out beyond 147 yards. And the shots echoing off the metal buildings probably made it harder to find the source.
Given how Trump was supposed to be in Vegas that night, I'm sure some of his SS was already prepping so they were
short handed.
I imagine after the local PD had a rifle shoved in his face he dropped back to take cover. Probably his department's policy to wait for back up.
I think it's possible the second SS sniper didn't have permission to shoot him yet either. He was farther away so maybe it took longer to get on him or maybe it wasn't even "his" sector to watch over. And I'm sure the shooter was hurrying since he had been caught. I get the whole FAFO/Darwinism concept, but imagine if it had been some kid with binos that wanted to get a better look. How bad would that have looked? I think the optics of that could have been bad enough to alter the election results.
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