If the bleacher strike came from a separate shot, where is the sound? All microphones clearly capture only three shots. There’s no audible trace of an additional round that could account for a separate impact on the bleachers.
You’re relying heavily on eyewitness testimony, but as Chris pointed out, such accounts are highly unreliable under stress and shouldn’t be the foundation of our analysis. In situations like this, ballistics and video evidence are far more trustworthy and objective sources of information.
In Summary:
- A second, silent shot contradicts both established ballistic principles and the available audio recordings.
- Suppression may reduce muzzle blast but does not eliminate the sound entirely — especially not the supersonic crack or the impact of a bullet striking metal.
- Eyewitness reports cannot override concrete visual and audio evidence, particularly when they conflict with recorded facts.
At this point, I feel we’re going in circles on this issue. To resolve it definitively, I made a frame-by-frame comparison of both videos, side by side. When you watch them in sync, you can literally see that the first shot is the one that hits Trump’s ear and the bleachers — at the exact same moment.
