1srelluc
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From page four of the Preliminary investigative report of Congress.
The 9th shot fired on J13 was from a Butler SWAT operator from the ground about 100 yards away from the AGR building. Shot 9 hit Crooks’ rifle stock and fragged his face/neck/right shoulder area from the stock breaking up.
The SWAT operator who took this shot was a total badass; when he had sighted the shooter Crooks as a mostly obscured by foliage moving target on the AGR rooftop, he immediately left his assigned post and ran towards the threat, running to a clear shot position directly into the line of fire while Crooks was firing 8 rounds.
On his own, this ESU SWAT operator took a very hard shot, one shot. He stopped Crooks and importantly, I believe the shot damaged the buffer-tube on Crooks ’AR.
I won’t be certain of this until I can examine Crooks’ rifle, but I’m 99% sure,based upon reliable eye-witness ESU tactical officers who observed Crooks’ rifle before the FBI harvested it as evidence.
This means that if his AR buffer tube was damaged, Crooks’ rifle wouldn’t fire after his 8th shot.
Crooks “went down” from his firing position when shot 9 was fired, and the SWAT officer was certain of his hit. According to the ESU SWAT operator, Crooks recovered after just a few seconds,and “popped back up”.
The 10th (and, I believe, final) shot was fired from the southern counter-sniper team. I will not be100% certain of this until further investigation.
However, I am quite sure that the USSS southern counter-sniper team fired the killing shot, which, according to my investigation, entered somewhere around the left mouth area and exited the right ear area. Instant over. This entry-exit aligns with USSS southern counter-sniper team position.
So he stood up for a suicide by cop?
Who knows, but starting the process of running away can typically start with standing up.
Is it always a wise first step? No, but wisdom didn't appear to be his strong suit...
The 9th shot fired on J13 was from a Butler SWAT operator from the ground about 100 yards away from the AGR building. Shot 9 hit Crooks’ rifle stock and fragged his face/neck/right shoulder area from the stock breaking up.
The SWAT operator who took this shot was a total badass; when he had sighted the shooter Crooks as a mostly obscured by foliage moving target on the AGR rooftop, he immediately left his assigned post and ran towards the threat, running to a clear shot position directly into the line of fire while Crooks was firing 8 rounds.
On his own, this ESU SWAT operator took a very hard shot, one shot. He stopped Crooks and importantly, I believe the shot damaged the buffer-tube on Crooks ’AR.
I won’t be certain of this until I can examine Crooks’ rifle, but I’m 99% sure,based upon reliable eye-witness ESU tactical officers who observed Crooks’ rifle before the FBI harvested it as evidence.
This means that if his AR buffer tube was damaged, Crooks’ rifle wouldn’t fire after his 8th shot.
Crooks “went down” from his firing position when shot 9 was fired, and the SWAT officer was certain of his hit. According to the ESU SWAT operator, Crooks recovered after just a few seconds,and “popped back up”.
The 10th (and, I believe, final) shot was fired from the southern counter-sniper team. I will not be100% certain of this until further investigation.
However, I am quite sure that the USSS southern counter-sniper team fired the killing shot, which, according to my investigation, entered somewhere around the left mouth area and exited the right ear area. Instant over. This entry-exit aligns with USSS southern counter-sniper team position.
So he stood up for a suicide by cop?
Who knows, but starting the process of running away can typically start with standing up.
Is it always a wise first step? No, but wisdom didn't appear to be his strong suit...
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