Moderating:
The points you raised are good ones, but they don’t belong in this thread. There’s a new one started for the political implications of this situation:
I do realize things are moving fast and it’s hard to keep track. For me, too.
Reached for comment, boxer Evander Holyfield said
Oh, yeah. That shit hurts, doesn’t it?
No, because he was hit. Kinda the opposite of “uninjured”
If you meant killed, yes it could of saved him from that, but so could a bad shot, or the wind.
CNN finally reported the same story today on their website (confirmation?). They are becoming very slow at reporting news, but that is likely not relevant to this thread and I apologise for the distraction.
I heard they found out the gun was registered to Hunter Biden./s
Maybe, and also you have the right to say that this is not the place for such an opinion.
Still, I like ‘you guys’ and better safe than sorry? I don’t want to see a thread in a few days about some ‘retribution’ crime involving anyone here.
Well… anyone anywhere really.
Nothing strange about that at all. I was taking wedding photos today in the full sun, and in order to keep a low depth-of-field (f/2.8-f/4) at 100ISO I was at 1/2000-1/4000 sec. Nothing odd there. I tried all the picture agencies that I could think of, but none of them have that particular EXIF data embedded in their photos, unfortunately. But when I shot back in the day for Agence-France Presse, I’d typically shoot as wide open or nearly wide open as I could, especially with long lenses, to help isolate the subject against the background. It was pretty standard. Granted, there’s not much background there at that angle, but you could see the flag blurred out (and it looks like lens blur, not motion blur) and just force of habit would have kept me at no greater depth-of-field that is afforded by f/4.
Off topic, but relevant.
A .22 is a terrible choice for large game. Not nearly enough damage to ensure a fast and humane kill. If it is fatal, it was likely a slow and painful death from internal bleeding.
Assassinating a human with a .22 is equally difficult. You either need a short range head shot or a skilled heart shot. The instantly deadly target boxes are quite small.
That is a good thing, not bad.
Some official update by some guy interrupting jeopardy right now. But I can’t hear it in this loud bar.
This seems like a very preliminary press conference. Not only no identification but it seems they are not 100% on the ID yet. Just saying they have a tentative ID.
Moderating:
I know you indicated sarcasm, but this isn’t the thread for it. Leave this stuff for threads that aren’t focused on confirmed information or the Pit.
It looks like the shooter didn’t have any identification on him so they are trying to get biometric confirmation. DNA was mentioned.
ETA: Sounds like they are trying to avoid anything like a Richard Jewell situation so good on them for that. Not even talking about what the gun used was.
Earlier the New York Times had a short article saying the shooter was a white male, but when I went back to look for the link, that piece had disappeared.
Hard to tell, but looks white and male to me. Possibly wearing desert camo.
Confirmed male in his 20s based on CBS blurb at the bottom of the screen.
Higher res image here. Spoilering due to blood.
Gray T-shirt, (monochrome) flag on right sleeve. Letters on front–maybe starting with EM? Anyone recognize it?
The blood is disturbing, yes. But nothing compared to whatever is happening to his waist! Was he anorexic?
Pretty sure it’s just his body twisted in a weird way. Which probably happens when you collapse after being shot in the head.
The letters look like they could be EA9 or FA9…