SeaGypsy wrote:It takes two minutes to find multiple camera shots showing definite perfect sniper opportunities, both before sunset & after.
Then he killed the lights.
Cops had clear shots in daylight with at least some contact with hostages & the terrorist.
The cops then had two hours of night vision which the gunman did not have.
I cannot for the life of me figure why this guy was not popped alone.
Movies aside shooting anyone through a plate glass window is not like Shining a laser at them. Thick windows cause deflection, if you are shooting anything but perpendicular to the surface you are shooting through. Sure you can see the target, but the glass is going to shift the trajectory of a bullet in ways that are only partially predictable.