But I keep coming back to the sound of all those shots being fired. The FOS arrives on the scene and immediately asks what has happened. One or more of the agents that were following R&C and that were already there says that they heard shots fired. Thus when Ramos is climbing back up the ravine he hears the other agents talking about gunshots. The FOS figures that they're never going to see OAD again so they'll just take the van and its cargo back to the station. R&C's failure to verbally state directly to the supervisor that they had fired their guns wasn't right, but I can still see how such a thing could happen under the circumstances.
If the FOS was aware that shots had been fired (which I believe he was ) then it is incumbent upon him to inquire how the events transpired with this subordinates.
And R&C immediately said, we did it? Why not?
R&C's failure to verbally state directly to the supervisor that they had fired their guns wasn't right
And neither was their destruction of evidence. I'm glad we agree.
If the FOS was aware that shots had been fired (which I believe he was ) then it is incumbent upon him to inquire how the events transpired with this subordinates.
You bet. It's also incumbent on the shooters to explain what happened. Without trying to hide evidence.