I find it odd that a tree blocked the line of site, but as soon as the perp started firing, the view was no longer blocked as the snipers got a direct hit?
The fact that the perp was hit within seconds tells me that they had the scope on him the whole time, but opted not to shoot until after the perp began shooting.
And then there’s that.
Talk that the Secret Service applies a ‘shoot only after being shot at’ ROE policy.
Absolute copy of Soetero’s ROEs in Afghanistan where US troops couldn’t fire unless they were fired upon. Got kids killed.
Different terminology, depending are where you’re trained, on Deadly/Lethal Force:
Ability …. Bad guy has the means to kill or seriously injure
Opportunity …. bad guy is close enough to kill/injure …. If he has a bat and is 100yds away-NO. If he has a rifle and he’s 100yds away-Possibly
Jeopardy ….. bad guy acts in a way that could kill/harm since he has the ABILITY and he has OPPORTUNITY ….. ie - he crawls on a roof 150ish yards away, in a place he’s not supposed to be nor has a reason to be …. and he places a life/lives in JEOPARDY by pointing a rifle
They had all three for a while before he pulled that trigger. Secret Service should have pulled Pres Trump off the stage and sent a team on the roof before he pulled the trigger.
Hell, they knew about him before he got on the roof. Could have dealt with him on the ground.
Could been completely avoided