I don’t know where he did the shooting. The casing would eject to his right slightly to his rear. From one the guy counting, they seem pretty closely grouped, “right there”. There was no doubt that this guy was dead. There’s no way some local LE picked up that rifle. The five shots that distributed the five casings were wild, basically sprayed. The shots that left three other casings somewhere else belonged to the pro. It’s like Jimmy Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, it was irrelevant if he could make the shot. John Wayne, the pro, killed LV.
It looks like we know the pro with good cover fired three professional shots—the first one would have been the “kill shot” if President Trump had not turned his head.
We know Crooks then sprayed five or six quick shots—almost certainly a planned diversion—no specific target.
Then there is another shot (different gun)—we still don’t know what that was about. There was some speculation somebody was firing at one of the counter-snipers—perhaps to cause more confusion.
Then ten seconds later was the (different) counter-sniper kill shot that took out Crooks.
“it was irrelevant if he could make the shot” — exactly right. And they knew the patsy would be dispatched and dead men tell no tales.
But wouldn’t whoever set up the patsy should have at least made it LOOK like he was a credible shooter? Maybe the people behind it are taunting us by intentionally making the patsy look unprepared and amateurish?