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More Details About the Trump Assassin's Use of DJI Waypoint Flights to Preplan His Attack

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This certainly won't help our cause.

"According to local law enforcement authorities, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks flew a DJI drone on a pre-programmed flight path to survey the rally site ahead of the event. This drone, equipped with a high-resolution camera, captured detailed aerial footage of the area, giving Crooks more insights than what he would have gathered from a Google Maps satellite view of the area. Federal authorities also indicate the drone was flown more than once as Crooks researched and scoped out the event site to plan his attack with precision"

"The drone is said to have been flown over the Butler Farm Show grounds several hours before the rally, mapping out the stage area and potential escape routes. This surveillance data helped Crooks locate a rooftop approximately 400 feet from the stage, where he later positioned himself with an AR-15-style rifle."


 
It occurrs to me that the guy likely used a number of implements to aid in this shooting, will the capabilities and or availability (to the general public) of those other implements also be raised/questioned?
And if he did use the drone for escape route planning .... it wasn't very successful was it ?
 
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