Condolences to ex-PrezTrump & new potential candidate as President. May he have a speedy recovery. Also to the bystanders whom were victims of this horrific assassination attempt on another fellow Human whom only spoke freely in a land where there are LEGAL recourse to resolve personal or civilizational issues. NONE needs to die for words spoken.
It is only ACTIONS that would be JUDGED upon by citizens & legal authorities such as the Supreme Court that would determine the necessary legal actions, & NOT by anyone else, as Civilization is not built upon by a single Human, but by the COLLECTIVE.
May justice be found...
The assassin is a very well trained sniper & professional:-
A) He did not choose to be directly in front of the high profile victim, as there would be MANY trained eyes looking in front & ready to pounce, to save the victim & destroy the assassin.
B) He chose the side, as peripheral vision of bodyguards is often ignored as their sight are always concentrated in the front.
A bullet thru the side of the victim's head is enough to kill, not necessary to be in between the eyes.
However, as the victim's head was in constant motion - looking front, side back, etc, it was a difficult shot to take, but the assassin had to resort to a chance, despite the wind & heat conditions as well as the victim's constant head movement, & unfortunately for the sniper but fortunately for the victim, the bullet only grazed the ear of the victim...
C) As he is well trained, he would leave NO EVIDENCES of his being behind - no IDs, no incriminating notes, scrubbed out serial numbers on his weapon & not even a cell phone. However, his face alone is enough for FBI & its CSI to pierce for evidences.
i) Surveillance cameras abound - on streets, buses, stores, car rental agencies, abodes, etc, right down to his shoes & clothes worn which can be discern from which store or home he bought or stolen from.
ii) Family, relatives & even if he is alone & live a lonely life, - NO Human is born out of a vacuum, & while aging may change one's looks, at most only 20%. With Artificial Intelligence based upon research of Human aging, his face can be reconstructed to whatever age that another Human or group of Humans will remember - from kindergarten to a bar that he patronized the night before the assassination attempt....
iii)...and MUCH more evidences can be gathered by trained intel agencies....best left unshared here...
Addendum:-
The picture on the 1st post by ThreadStarter will make history &
become ICONIC as it SYMBOLIZES AMERICAN COURAGE UNDER FIRE, TO STAND THAN TO KNEEL, BE DEFIANT IN THE FACE OF TYRANNIZATION by others, and much more....
T-shirts with that pic will be on sale within the hours Worldwide......