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Codifer

(1,212 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:07 PM Sep 2025

What I did not see in the surveilance video.

OK, I am old but vision and mind in not tghat bad a state.

But, I did not see "shooter" carrying the 30.06 in the stills prior to the shooting.

I did not see the "shooter" jump off the roof with a 30.06 rifle. What he had in hand looked more like a jacket.

Try to put a 30.06 in a day pack... go ahead, I'll wait.

Something smells. Or mebbe it is just because krash patel is there.

I am beginning to detect the scent of another patsy.

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What I did not see in the surveilance video. (Original Post) Codifer Sep 2025 OP
The word "plant" came to miind. niyad Sep 2025 #1
Oh. I agree. johnnyfins Sep 2025 #2
I'm beginning to think bamagal62 Sep 2025 #3
But they found the rifle ! dweller Sep 2025 #4
And who was moving the camera?? still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #5
This JPK Sep 2025 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Salviati Sep 2025 #9
The owner of the camera was moving it obamanut2012 Sep 2025 #31
Do you mean they edited the video to zoom in? How can they move the camera after the recorded incident? still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #33
It takes H2O Man Sep 2025 #7
Where did authorities say they found the murder weapon? AZJonnie Sep 2025 #8
They said they found the rifle in the woods in the neighborhood he ran to Bev54 Sep 2025 #19
Rifle was found in woods across street from parking lot unc70 Sep 2025 #10
TMZ had some video in a neighborhood of supposedly this guy before and after the shooting. mackdaddy Sep 2025 #11
It was my dad's choice of guns, as well. hamsterjill Sep 2025 #12
Here is what an older mauser 30-06 looks like. drray23 Sep 2025 #13
Might be dealing with a real pro. usonian Sep 2025 #14
Remove a few screws, fits in a backpack, just like a bomb. Silent Type Sep 2025 #15
Does it? An "imported Mauser .30-06 bolt-action rifle"? Quickly broken down to fit in backpack? still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #17
Couple of screws, that simple. And you could probably set it up with quick release if you wanted. So, what do you think? Silent Type Sep 2025 #18
I don't know anything about guns. The pictures of that particular gun on the internet don't look like it could easily still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #21
I agree.a couple of screws and it's quickly broken down. James48 Sep 2025 #24
I'm sure they'll find him, they may have already AZJonnie Sep 2025 #29
LOL People are still uncertain if Lee Harvey Oswald Aussie105 Sep 2025 #16
No, what he had jumping off the roof relayerbob Sep 2025 #20
He was determined to take it so he could drop in the woods? still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #22
Sometimes there are odd details like this AdamGG Sep 2025 #23
Totally reasonable and yes these mistakes are common AZJonnie Sep 2025 #27
Yes, so he could hide it relayerbob Sep 2025 #34
The guy in the photos looked like he may have had a prosthetic leg (right side). C Moon Sep 2025 #25
Or maybe a barrel and stock strapped to his leg under his pants? AZJonnie Sep 2025 #26
I guess it's the same guy. They said he was wearing Converse shoes in the photos. C Moon Sep 2025 #28
Here's the photo I'm referring to (there's something strange with his right leg). I'm sure others have noticed: C Moon Sep 2025 #30
That's what I've been wondering, too. I would assume a rifle shooting a target that far away Vinca Sep 2025 #32

Response to still-prayin4rain (Reply #5)

obamanut2012

(29,512 posts)
31. The owner of the camera was moving it
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:08 AM
Sep 2025

After the fact. That is rhe only "normal" thing about this.

still-prayin4rain

(525 posts)
33. Do you mean they edited the video to zoom in? How can they move the camera after the recorded incident?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:55 AM
Sep 2025

H2O Man

(79,252 posts)
7. It takes
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:18 PM
Sep 2025

some time to break one of those down, much longer than he was on the roof post-shooting. The whole thing is suspicious, based upon what is known now. And this administration couldn't tell us the truth if they knew it.

AZJonnie

(4,016 posts)
8. Where did authorities say they found the murder weapon?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:38 PM
Sep 2025

Was it on the roof, or within throwing distance of the roof? Then there's your answer for that question.

Do we know that there is NO surveillance footage where it shows him with a rifle? Perhaps earlier in the day, or the day before (i.e he could've planted it at an earlier time)?

If we do not know whether such footage exists, then the "way in" is also not yet problematic.

Bev54

(13,517 posts)
19. They said they found the rifle in the woods in the neighborhood he ran to
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:49 AM
Sep 2025

If he was going to leave it behind, I would think he would leave it on the roof, not the woods. It would mean he would have to carry it away with him with all the ring cameras in the neighborhood, just to toss it in the woods.

It seems this shooting was well thought out by a very competent marksman, that is stupid enough to drop the gun where it was sure to be found anyway.

unc70

(6,514 posts)
10. Rifle was found in woods across street from parking lot
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:52 PM
Sep 2025

Very far from throwing distance.

mackdaddy

(1,991 posts)
11. TMZ had some video in a neighborhood of supposedly this guy before and after the shooting.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:56 PM
Sep 2025

The before had the guy walking down a street on a home security camera. He had a very odd limping gate and the conjecture was he had the rifle down his pants leg which I though plausible. The identified weapon a Mauser 30-06 bolt action would be about 38 inches or so long and the scope would add quite a bit of bulk unless on a quick release system of some sort. I did not see anything anywhere near long enough to be a rifle and watched the suspect jump a long way down and he ran/walked with no limp after the jump.

Also if he was going to dump the rifle anyway, why not just leave it on the roof instead of carrying it a few hundred feet to just dump it in a wooded area.

My dad had a 30-06 deer rifle and it could kick like a mule.

Kash Patel has some crazy eyes.

hamsterjill

(17,756 posts)
12. It was my dad's choice of guns, as well.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:11 AM
Sep 2025

My dad passed away in 2010 at the ripe old age of 95, but he was a rancher and almost always had a gun with him. The 30-06, which he pronounced thirty ought six, was his choice of guns. He was practiced, and he didn't miss. He didn't use a scope. Yes, it had a massive kick.

Unless the model has changed drastically, there would be no way it can be disassembled. I think your theory of it being down the pants leg is interesting.

Something just doesn't seem "right" about all of this. Maybe once we have more information, it will all fall into place and make sense. But I have my doubts. The biggest obstacle seems to be that we have absolute idiots in charge.

drray23

(8,821 posts)
13. Here is what an older mauser 30-06 looks like.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:24 AM
Sep 2025


I doubt you can hide that in a day pack or down your pant legs.

usonian

(26,593 posts)
14. Might be dealing with a real pro.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:30 AM
Sep 2025

Ask this guy.



Did the money offered at the "summit" fall short of the "new" price?. Was this the final warning?

Putin was KGB. He knows how to get nasty things done.



On the "left" in this photo.

Who remembers the dinner with Michael Corleone? Guns can just show up when needed.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
18. Couple of screws, that simple. And you could probably set it up with quick release if you wanted. So, what do you think?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:48 AM
Sep 2025

still-prayin4rain

(525 posts)
21. I don't know anything about guns. The pictures of that particular gun on the internet don't look like it could easily
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:57 AM
Sep 2025

be made small. But, again, I don't know anything about guns.

James48

(5,255 posts)
24. I agree.a couple of screws and it's quickly broken down.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:59 AM
Sep 2025

This was obviously well planned in advance, including the getaway. That isn’t your normal nut case.

With advance planning, I’m pretty sure you can configure a Mauser to have quick disassembly - and put it in a bag as seen in the video when he jumps down from the roof. That’s a rifle bag, in my opinion, carrying both the barrel and stock. It is well within the range of possibilities.

I really think they will never find him, unless they pick up a DNA sample from anything. Otherwise- I’m going to say- it was a clean getaway. Maybe just because of Epstein files, or Israel /Gaza, . Who knows.

AZJonnie

(4,016 posts)
29. I'm sure they'll find him, they may have already
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:12 AM
Sep 2025

As for whether or not the public finds OUT they found him (and when), that could be a little more dicey. Depends on who he was (note the use of past tense). The longer he's "on the run", the longer they drag out the story, distract from other problems, stir up wingnut anger, and plant stories like "they haven't found him cause THE DEEP STATE is hiding him!!!11!".

He could well be of more use to the regime missing for a good while. Then just when interest starts to flag and life gets more back to normal? Boom, found him. And guess what? Liberal Whackadoodle with TDS!

What's that, "who is he"? We can't tell you, we don't want him to have a "platform" plus the liberal crazies will take up his cause and kill every Republican in their sleep if we do!

Aussie105

(8,178 posts)
16. LOL People are still uncertain if Lee Harvey Oswald
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:34 AM
Sep 2025

was a lone nutcase or part of a larger group that plotted that particular assassination.

Rest assured though, Trump and his band of merry men will be sure it was a left winger, and use it to crack down on free speech and unrestricted movement in some way.

relayerbob

(7,449 posts)
20. No, what he had jumping off the roof
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:53 AM
Sep 2025

Was something long and rigid inside of a loose bag of some sort. And he was clearly concerned about not losing it. You are seeing what you want to see, he had the rifle as he ran away.

And this was clearly planned, so he might have already put the rifle on the roof or stashed somewhere in the building.

still-prayin4rain

(525 posts)
22. He was determined to take it so he could drop in the woods?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:04 AM
Sep 2025

On edit: I found a zoomed in version of the video and I can actually see what you mean.

AdamGG

(1,896 posts)
23. Sometimes there are odd details like this
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:58 AM
Sep 2025

Last edited Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Like Luigi Mangione executing his attack very precisely, but having an instance where he was filmed with his mask off. The shooter could be someone who is skilled using a rifle, but not a trained assassin and makes a weird choice like carrying the rifle off the roof to dump in the woods when it would have been easier to just leave on the roof.

I'm not minimizing Trump/Patel using this as a Reichstag fire or that they even could have staged this for that purpose. But, carrying the gun to the woods before dumping it isn't necessarily a suspicious detail. If someone who isn't a professional does something extreme like this, their adrenaline has to be jacked and doing it must feel surreal - they might make a strange choice in the moment.

AZJonnie

(4,016 posts)
27. Totally reasonable and yes these mistakes are common
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 02:54 AM
Sep 2025

I don't think it means anything either.

C Moon

(13,737 posts)
25. The guy in the photos looked like he may have had a prosthetic leg (right side).
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 02:06 AM
Sep 2025

The guy jumping from the building didn't.

AZJonnie

(4,016 posts)
26. Or maybe a barrel and stock strapped to his leg under his pants?
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 02:52 AM
Sep 2025

I've not seen that video so I don't know if possible, but could it be an explanation?

C Moon

(13,737 posts)
28. I guess it's the same guy. They said he was wearing Converse shoes in the photos.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:08 AM
Sep 2025

The area where he jumped from the roof, they found Converse style shoe prints. He must have been in his 20s, because a jump like that in Converse shoes would be painful.

C Moon

(13,737 posts)
30. Here's the photo I'm referring to (there's something strange with his right leg). I'm sure others have noticed:
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:42 AM
Sep 2025

Vinca

(54,330 posts)
32. That's what I've been wondering, too. I would assume a rifle shooting a target that far away
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 07:42 AM
Sep 2025

would have a pretty long barrel. That wasn't a terribly easy shot and the guy had to have had a weapon that would be precise. When he jumped off the roof, it didn't really look like he had anything other than his backpack and a jacket. How did the gun get in the woods? Maybe this guy is just a student who thought it would be a good place to watch. Maybe the shooter was inside the building shooting out a window.

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