[blueplum]

I’d guess dead dude wasn’t a pro - he failed to account for the wind, resulting in wild shots that hit attendees more than a yard from his target. Check the movement of the flags to the right of the stage and that of the crane-flag.

[Vermont Lt]

I was going to say if he was “a sniper” he would have been able to follow up the first shot immediately, and on target. His follow up shots were wild. He couldn’t get the site back on target and he was yanking the trigger.

That kind of “gun control” takes practice. That kid’s heart was racing so much that he was not likely to get anything with a second shot because there was too much adrenaline flowing through his system.

He probably learned to shoot on video games.

[Pythion.net]

"I’d guess dead dude wasn’t a pro - he failed to account for the wind"

My first impulse was to think that at that distance, the wind won't account for much drift. But I had to find out for sure.

Let's say he's shooting a 556 using a 77 grain Sierra OTM. Which I believe is the projectile approved for sniper use by the military. MV should be around 2750. BC is 0.372

So wind drift for a 10 mph crosswind at 125 yards is 1.5 inches. Aiming for the center of the head you've got plenty margin of error even with the wind and even an inch or so of wobble by the shooter. So either the scope was WAY WAY off, or the shooter was experiencing what deer hunters call "Buck Fever" and wobbling all over the place from the adrenaline rush.