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Mr.WeRP

(948 posts)
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 11:59 PM Sep 10

Just want to clear something up

Any person with minimal training could have made the shot from 200 yards. Military marksman, lowest rated specialized shooting badge, at least in the 1980s, was only required to hit a torso sized target at 400 yards with an M-16 with a peep sight. I know, because this is how I earned my badge.

Anyone, with minimal training could hit a head or neck shot with a hunter rifle at 200 yards.

Just saying, I see a lot of nonsense here about a pro hit job. What happened today was not that.

A pro with a sniper rifle would have made the same shot from at least 1.5 miles away.

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Bread and Circuses

(1,165 posts)
1. It was a clean shot to the carotid artery. You can find a closeup video on REDDIT
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:07 AM
Sep 11

IMO, the shooter know what he was doing and had training.

Frasier Balzov

(4,541 posts)
2. But getting away and giving the law the slip?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:12 AM
Sep 11

That compounds the difficulty of the crime by a lot.

Qutzupalotl

(15,503 posts)
3. He was a good shot.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:21 AM
Sep 11

It's the vanishing part that to me suggests professionalism or specialized training and gets me all

Mr.WeRP

(948 posts)
4. Shot could have easily been made from a commercially available drone
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:24 AM
Sep 11

Not hard to disappear when you aren’t there.

Tech has come a really long way.

Just ask anyone who has served time in Ukraine.

Qutzupalotl

(15,503 posts)
10. There were early reports of a guy on a roof in dark clothing.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:49 AM
Sep 11

Maybe we'll catch him. I hope we do.

Coventina

(28,718 posts)
12. As much as I detested him, he wasn't on my list either
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:52 AM
Sep 11

Attention FBI: I don't have a list.

Silent Type

(11,189 posts)
9. True, but clearly not someone walking by who said "well chit I'll get my 15 minutes of fame."
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:46 AM
Sep 11

And he got away.

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