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Ex-UFC star Tim Kennedy — who’s additionally a U.S. Military Particular Forces sniper — is praising the police sniper who took out a financial institution robber with a close-range kill shot between 2 hostages.
Tim tells TMZ … legislation enforcement did unbelievable work right here to protect harmless lives and defend civilians, and anybody who thinks the sniper put the hostages in danger with such a daring shot has no clue what goes right into a snipe like this.
Bear in mind … video reveals the second a Lee County Sheriff’s Division sniper shoots by way of a pc monitor inside a financial institution, killing a robber who was utilizing 2 hostages as human shields whereas speaking with a negotiator.
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Tim says the sniper used a .308 caliber rifle, and at such shut vary — about 15 to twenty ft — the bullet was at all times going to journey straight by way of the pc monitor and into the wrongdoer’s cranium, with loads of power to maintain the projectile from ricocheting off monitor in direction of the hostages.
There have been clearly some tense moments contained in the financial institution, so this wasn’t a simple shot … and Tim says the sniper right here did the best factor and saved lives.
