This is a rehash of another story written by a group of 4 writers...AP, as I recall. The guy (now head of the rifle team) who claimed the shooter wasn’t allowed on the team because the shooter was a terrible shot is just 15 or 16 now, and wouldn’t have known the shooter back when the guy was in high school years ago...probably wasn’t even on the team at the time.
Clearly the shooter wasn’t a bad shot considering in the heat of the moment he was able to graze Trump immediately after being interrupted by the cop coming up the ladder, knowing he had been discovered. But then, he had had 4 years to practice, I guess.
Had Trump not turned his head at precisely the right moment, it would have been a temple shot.