Worth adding to the conversation:
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/alleged-...YBNXRTEBI/
As more detail emerge the mosaic will become more clear.
My thoughts to this point:
The shooter apparently was easily visible. Video evidence.
The police were notified about the potential shooter before shots were fired.
We know snipers took him out without seconds of him pulling the trigger.
We know one law enforcement officer was on the roof with the shooter and retreated.
The shooter was relatively close.
The shot would have been harder than people make it out to sound under the circumstances.
The secret service response was odd like they didn’t know what’s going on. In fact they are heard on audio trying to figure out what’s happening.
The SS has responsibility for the venue.
They work with local LEOs.
To my last understanding, the snipers were local LEOs.
The area the shot came from was outside the SS perimeter - falling to the responsibility of the local LEOs.
The snipers didn’t shoot first and there are ways I can rationalize that in the context of a rally.
The shooters car was packed with explosives. It should be relatively easy to trace where that came from.
The local LEOs avoided people warning them of a threat.
The local LEO retreated off the roof.
The shooter got several rounds off.
The snipers reacted somewhat quickly but had not identified this spot as an area of concern.
Other reports indicate that this point was raised as an area of concern and was ignored.
Incompetence, poor communication, crowd control, lack of focus, hyper focus, too little support, strict orders - something to simple as the SS told them to do XYZ and those very protocols stopped them from responding - they’re part of a larger security plan. All rational.
The shooter appears to be anti Trump. Appeared in BlackRock commercial.
Getting to the bottom of things regarding the shooter is going to be muddy at best.
I think the real answer to what went on lies with the local LEOs and the snipers in particular. Figuring out who they are, what department they’re from, etc. is the first breadcrum.
A random perspective in closing:
Sometimes I flip perspectives back and forth to understand something more throughly.
The shooter had to know this was a suicide mission… or did they? If this shooting was all part of some grand conspiracy the shooter would probably have to believe they would survive unless he was totally and completely radicalized.
So he’s either off the charts martyr left, or, he thinks he’ll live and be a hero of the left. He slayed the dragon. I bet that sells a lot better than dying a martyr if I’m this shooter from what we know about him.
If I’m the shooter then I pick promote 2 - the glory I’ve never had. He receives assurances and lies - but he’s too deep to get out that they’ll kill him but that’s not his concern - he is going to make history. That gives the shooter the support and drive - he’s saving democracy or something.
That gets him on the roof and shots fired - despite being a dead man the moment he went there. Eliminate the problem there.
Makes for a decent movie plot but I don’t think that lines up with the rest of the facts we know to be true.
If there’s any grand conspiracy the path to understanding is the police snipers or who ignored where the shooter shot from as an area of concern.
The shooter was probably brainwashed into thinking one thing but reality was very different.
