You are not a dumb blonde by any stretch and you could not be more right. It is painful sometimes trying to follow a breaking news story because typically those who talk the most (to the media) know the least. The media is so anxious to break a new “fact” on a hot story that they rush to report anything and rarely get it right.
We see it happen over and over. It feeds conspiracy theories and makes too many rush to judgment based on incomplete or wrong information.
A story like this is unfortunately formed in the first 24 hour news cycle when the least reliable information is available.
He is dead.... likely from a double tap. The rest of it is just media noise. Kudos to the intel folks and troops for making it happen.
Thank you for your kind words.