I can’t say I have seen or heard about suicide victims shooting themselves in the chest too often. I would think that is pretty awkward to do. Don’t people usually shoot themselves in the head? This is one story that when I read it, I wonder if our government is any better than in any other country. I would say...no.
Assassin’s first day on the job?.................
That’s a good point. The article does not get into critical firearm and forensic evidence either. That leaves us to wonder whether the author left it out because it undermines his premises, or if the evidence has been suppressed, or was never collected in the first place.
Channeling Captain Obvious...without odd circumstances, suicides’ firearms are likely to be in or near their hands; to have their trigger finger prints on the trigger shoe; to have their prints all over the firearms and every cartridge; firearms and cartridges NOT to have lots of other peoples’ prints, yet not have been wiped clean; the firearms would likely have a paper trails showing the suicide victim owned it; powder burns on clothing consistent with a very close shot; propellant residue on the shooters’ hand and clothing. Any of these elements NOT found would imply staging, or at minimum tampering, with the scene. I find it odd that Billingsley does not address all of this, even to complain about its absence.