• FedPosterman5000 [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    Yeah idk either - especially with this event receiving so much media attention locally. It’s not like he gets presidential level security, so it wouldn’t be the most difficult thing in the world for a shooter to scout locations, and then either alone or with accomplices, ditch the weapon, change clothes, ditch the scene, etc. Maybe a higher profile grifter would’ve had security secure locations with open sight lines to a reasonable distance; but Kirk basically made himself a sitting duck in a state with a shitton of hunters and open carry 🤷

    not to mention Kirk has an incredibly punchable face (assuming this translates to other actions) - so it literally may have been the first time the shooter ever heard of Kirk and it was a coincidence too.

    • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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      He also had an extremely tiny face, so the shooter may easily have hit the neck but been aiming for his head.