Whoever it was wanted a glory shot. They wanted to blow his head off on national tv. If they wanted to kill him they would have shot him in the chest first. Unless they were afraid he was wearing a vest and felt they had to shoot him there. But was for sure a shot from that side. Right side of the stage if you’re facing the stage.
Sure looks that way.
Doing that would have started a civil war. Maybe they need a civil war for the cheat this time.