NegativeNull@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoSecret Service: Suspect in apparent assassination attempt did not have a line of sight on Trump, never fired his weaponabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down15
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minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·3 months agoSo…what were the gunshots they heard…?
minus-squareBrown5500@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 months agoThey have previously said that the secret service agent fired at the suspect after seeing his gun
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoAnd missed him completely, I guess? And then the dude ran off, then drove off?
minus-squareContrarianTrail@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoThe agents likely only have pistols on them and those get inaccurate real quick as the distance to the target increases.
minus-squareDogWater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOh yeah lol that’s exactly what happened
minus-squareimPastaSyndrome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 months agoThe fbi agent who wrote up the arrest warrant said it was a secret service agent
minus-squareRedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoIn the very first article within hours of it happening, I read that the secret service fired at the dude and he ran away. (I guess they missed?) Since I see titles being intentionally ambiguous about the shots, like if he was shot at again.
So…what were the gunshots they heard…?
They have previously said that the secret service agent fired at the suspect after seeing his gun
And missed him completely, I guess? And then the dude ran off, then drove off?
The agents likely only have pistols on them and those get inaccurate real quick as the distance to the target increases.
Why do you seem perplexed by this
I was confirming.
Oh yeah lol that’s exactly what happened
Right. Thanks!
The fbi agent who wrote up the arrest warrant said it was a secret service agent
In the very first article within hours of it happening, I read that the secret service fired at the dude and he ran away. (I guess they missed?)
Since I see titles being intentionally ambiguous about the shots, like if he was shot at again.