The timing will get very close investigation. I understand that snipers are integrated with ground crews. One had a headset on. A guy in a BBC interview said he and several others saw the assassin on the roof and were trying to warn cops for several minutes (3 or 4 I think he said). How is that possible?
I'm relying on NY Times reporting, who relied on an academic acoustics expert.. They said assassin fired 8 shots: a group of 3 followed by a burst of 5. I have no idea who was shooting. But surely the experts will know.
Expert Secret Service marksmen would not take 5 shots to kill a target just 150 yards away.
They'd more or less land in the same area then. Well, they say one person dead and two critically injured. Maybe by more bullet than one each. Let's see what they say (hopefully) once they investigate.
DAMNING FACTS: 1) Single adjacent nearby Roof not secured. 2) Gunman allowed access to site (likely in a vehicle) with a weapon, not detected. 3) gunman climbs up building to roof, with rifle visible, not detected. 4) multiple people witness gunman ascending building and shout warnings to police and secret serve for several minutes, no response. Trump IS allowed to continue to speak. 5) Secret Service snipers see suspected assassin armed with rifle on nearby roof. There is some delay in receiving authorization to kill. The delay results in assassin being able to fire at least 3 and perhaps 8 shots.
"Really poor performance." - I wouldn't exactly call it that. They did everything right. From their standpoint the poor performance was by the guy. He was supposed to kill Trump.
How did assassin get 8 shots off?
The timing will get very close investigation. I understand that snipers are integrated with ground crews. One had a headset on. A guy in a BBC interview said he and several others saw the assassin on the roof and were trying to warn cops for several minutes (3 or 4 I think he said). How is that possible?
"How did assassin get 8 shots off?" - I never heard he made this many. From the sounds alone how can you tell who's shooting?
I'm relying on NY Times reporting, who relied on an academic acoustics expert.. They said assassin fired 8 shots: a group of 3 followed by a burst of 5. I have no idea who was shooting. But surely the experts will know.
Expert Secret Service marksmen would not take 5 shots to kill a target just 150 yards away.
They'd more or less land in the same area then. Well, they say one person dead and two critically injured. Maybe by more bullet than one each. Let's see what they say (hopefully) once they investigate.
DAMNING FACTS: 1) Single adjacent nearby Roof not secured. 2) Gunman allowed access to site (likely in a vehicle) with a weapon, not detected. 3) gunman climbs up building to roof, with rifle visible, not detected. 4) multiple people witness gunman ascending building and shout warnings to police and secret serve for several minutes, no response. Trump IS allowed to continue to speak. 5) Secret Service snipers see suspected assassin armed with rifle on nearby roof. There is some delay in receiving authorization to kill. The delay results in assassin being able to fire at least 3 and perhaps 8 shots.
Really poor performance.
"Really poor performance." - I wouldn't exactly call it that. They did everything right. From their standpoint the poor performance was by the guy. He was supposed to kill Trump.
That's a logical inference from that fact pattern, but I do not go there.
Secret Service snipers were firing away from the crowd, so highly likely that victims shot by assassin.