Image Seems to Show Trajectory of Bullet in Assassination Attempt
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At an attempted attack on former U.S President Donald Trump, a photographer may have captured an image of a bullet mid-air. The photo was taken by Doug Mills, a veteran New York Times photographer, at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, using a Sony digital camera capable of capturing images at up to 30 frames per second at a speed of 1/8,000th of a second. Michael Harrigan, a retired F.B.I. special agent, reviewed the high-resolution images and confirmed the possibility of the image showing a bullet after it was fired, while also pointing out that typically, such images are captured using high-speed specialty cameras.
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Renowned New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, seemingly captured the image of a bullet narrowly missing former President Donald J. Trump during Saturday’s rally in Pennsylvania.
Retired FBI special agent, Michael Harrigan, reviewed the high-resolution images and said, “It could be showing air displacement due to a bullet. Though the angle seems low, it’s not impossible if multiple rounds were fired.”
Harrigan confirmed that the bullet’s path might have been captured due to simple ballistic math.
Mills was using a high-speed Sony camera capable of capturing at up to 30 frames per second. The camera’s high shutter speed of 1/8,000th of a second enabled the capture of such a fast-moving object.
Law enforcement authorities recovered an AR-15-type semiautomatic rifle from the suspect, a deceased white male. Harrigan noted, “AR-15-style rifles propel bullets at roughly 3,200 feet per second, and with a 1/8,000th of a second shutter speed, this allows the bullet to move about four-tenths of a foot while the shutter is open.”
He added that capturing a bullet in flight, particularly at a side trajectory, is exceptionally difficult without the use of high-speed specialty cameras typically not used for regular photography.
Specialist’s Opinion
Harrigan, who led the FBI’s firearms training unit and is currently an industry consultant, said, “If it’s not showing the bullet’s path, I don’t know what else it could be.”
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