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Bullets used in killing of UnitedHealthcare's Brian Thompson in New York had words on them, say investigators - live updates (www.bbc.com)
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As we reported earlier, police confirmed there were words on three shell casings found at the scene of the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson.

The BBC's US partner CBS News is now reporting that the words - "deny", "defend" and "depose" - were meticulously written, not etched, onto the casings, according to a source briefed on the investigation.

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[–] intresteph@discuss.online 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Directions:

By the way the gunman manually re-cocks his weapon after each shot, he says it appears that he “anticipated the weapon would fail to function as normal, possibly due to the use of subsonic ammunition in combination with a suppressor”.

Subsonic ammunition travels below the speed of sound, which means it is quieter as it doesn’t create a loud crack as it breaks the sound barrier.

Jenzen-Jones says it appears that the gunman deliberately chose this combination to make the shooting “as quiet as possible” suggesting a level of pre-meditation in planning the attack.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Good guy assassin didn’t use a silencer to avoid detection, just didn’t want to disturb the peace

[–] intresteph@discuss.online 8 points 3 weeks ago

It was a hotel after all. People need their rest. ;)

[–] TheLimiter@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

He probably wouldn't have done it if they'd approved his claim for the silencer as hearing protection.