I have seen a report that the SS sniper requested permission to engage (shoot, kill) Crooks 43 seconds before he fired. If he had, all we would be hearing about today is a trigger-happy SS sniper, with the media blaming MAGA. The SS sniper seemed to have an assistant with his own 0.50 and binoculars. Someone observing with binoculars should have been able to identify Crooks as a threat.
Second guessing is always perfect. Thank God for the result we got. I have not heard whether or not Crooks had a telescopic sight. With it, he probably has a pretty good chance at 100 yards, with iron sights, not so much.
That concerns me too. What kind of rifle and did it have a scope? How have we not seen a picture of it