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"Can a 22LR shoot from 75 yards?" The distance isn't the problem, it would be the footpounds of energy that it would deliver at that range. I have killed rabits at that range, but it would be doubtful that you could kill a person at that range with 22lr

Depends where you place the bullet. My brother actually killed a dog at about half that distance with a shot from an old 22 revolver. A good rifle with the high velocity ammo could kill a man at 100 yards.

When one of official said the boy was shot with a "22 caliber bullet". The press, in their ultimate wisdom, deducted this had to be much smaller then the previously referenced .223 bullets. First, there is NO SUCH THING as a .223 "bullet". The .223 Remington cartridge (also know as the 5.56 Nato) shoots a .224 diameter bullet. Many shooters abreviate, and refer to .224 bullets, and the various guns that shoot them as "22 caliber". The idea of the shooter(s) using a 22 long rifle was just a media inspired wild goose chase.