So It's Back To First Principles

[chris-nolan]

I think I objected to such an inference pretty well above, although taken at face value his statement obviously suggests a bullet likely went between them. Pretty sure it didn’t though

@chris-nolan

The Herc 2 sniper interviewed was the one on the right laying down. He heard the bullets to his west, and he also incorrectly thought his partner was hit because he thought he heard the impact of soft tissue. His partner was the one that heard it to the east, and I think he was mistaken (if that is what he said). The one interviewed didn’t say he heard one suppressed shot from the trees, he seemed to think all the shots were suppressed.

He also mentioned the massive speakers at his ear level. These were reproducing the cracks as the bullets passed the podium mic and I am sure would have thrown off his (and many people’s) perception.

I would not rely on this testimony.