A remarkable photo captured by my former White House Press Corps colleague Doug Mills.

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[SoFlaBro]

1. I think we should fucking wait on some verification of this fuck shit.

[Midnight Writer]

2. I guess he really is God's Chosen One.

[Cha]

10. Don't say that it's Not Over.

And I don’t mean this kind of thing.

[Think. Again.]

26. All not dead people are god's chosen "one"? What an odd way of looking at things.

[Eyeball_Kid]

31. Come on. Does anyone think that perhaps "God" doesn't manipulate the details?

[Think. Again.]

33. Oh, I forgot, he's magic isn't he? (And of course he identifies as male because... Oh forget it)

[LexVegas]

3. Wow. nt

[niyad]

4. The trajectory of whatever that line is does not match with the top of his ear.

[Quixote1818]

8. Good catach. Not even close. Strange. nt

[Eyeball_Kid]

29. It's not close because the ear on the other side of his head was the one hit. And it still matches. n/t

[edisdead]

14. And it is the wrong ear.

[Igel]

22. Depth perception and object size is squirrely with no clear context.

It's the "moon is bigger on the horizon than high in the sky" phenomenon. Low in the sky we have a context for its angular width. High up, not a clue.

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. The bullet whizzed past his head on the other side. n/t

[Celerity]

15. multiple shots fired, this one may be a stray (near miss)

[niyad]

18. Thank you. I was reminded of an image going around the internet after 9/11

that supposedly showed a person on the observation deck of one of the towers, with a plane clearly visible behind him, just before the plane smashed into the building.

[Think. Again.]

30. Yes, that hit the internet immediately after the attack...

...and it only took a minute for the world to realize that not only was the observation deck closed at that time, the photo of the tourist smiling was taken on the tower that hit by the second plane, no possiblilty it was a real photo.

[FBaggins]

16. Doesn't have to be the bullet that hit him (if it wasn't the reported glass shard)

Remember that a shot 300 yards away is heard about three quarters of a second after the bullet arives. This could have been a second round.

[Quixote1818]

5. Well, that wasn't glass. nt

[Tickle]

21. There was no glass. 😂

Not sure why I keep seeing it

[TommyT139]

28. Because of an early SS remark overheard

Link to tweet

[Sympthsical]

36. Because it showed up on Axios

That someone said a teleprompter had shattered with associated glass.

It was an early unconfirmed report, but later imagery showed the teleprompters intact.

[obamanut2012]

6. This guy is a wingut Rep from Ohio

Source?

[obamanut2012]

7. This guy is a wingut Rep from Ohio

Source?

[getagrip_already]

9. I kinda call bs...

I've seen a bit of high speed footage, and I doubt a standard digital camera at a 25-100 feet would have either the resolution or frame rate to catch a bullet in flight.

Probably a light artifact in the lens.

[niyad]

11. contrail?

[getagrip_already]

12. Fart trail?

[niyad]

19. Snicker!

[Igel]

23. I'd expect to see it in all three pics.

Same camera, angle, and all within a couple of seconds.

I don't.

[FBaggins]

17. Not exactly a standard digital camera

The guy is a NYTimes photographer. I can't identify the camera body offhand... but that's about a $10k lens.

?v=57e8061b2038d609da26e467de5ddfb8

[getagrip_already]

20. Even more likely to be a lens reflection if thats what he was using...

But I get that's a stock photo.

Still, just a standard digital camera. Nothing special in terms of frame rate or resolution. Good quality professional gear.

But suited to its task, which is not high speed photography.

[edisdead]

13. I am not sure how this grazed his right ear?

[chowder66]

24. The object is behind him where his right ear is. It may not be the bullet that grazed it.

It could be another bullet that did not hit him.

[bdamomma]

25. Was he behind

protective glass???

[ok_cpu]

32. Zoom in on his hand in the 1st (larger) pic

Is that the mitt of a healthy person?

[Think. Again.]

34. For such a high quality camera to catch that at high speed...

...it certainly has bad color saturation.

[getagrip_already]

35. That photo suggests the bullet came from behind, but the secret service fired the other way

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219150181

[maynard]

37. Sounds of shots look like came from the SS.

The sounds of the shots coordinate with shooting of the sniper.

[maynard]

38. Clarification......

The sounds of the gun shots coordinate with the person killing the shooter.