CNN law enforcement expert John Miller analyzed the specifics of how the shooter at Utah Valley University was able to get a clear shot at right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
This follows new reporting that the shooter is believed to have fired from an adjacent campus building 200 yards away from where Kirk was speaking.
"John, just thinking about it, when you're talking about the premeditation here in order to really mitigate a threat like this, you're talking about securing a building at an event like this to the same degree that would have been required for, say, you know, something like President Trump's event in Butler," said anchor Brianna Keilar. "I mean, that is, you know, taking the care to make sure that someone doesn't have you know, a shot at someone. It's something I don't think we've thought about before."
"Well, it is the kind of thing where, on one basic level, you would have to make your way to campus with a long weapon," said Miller. "You would have to carry that, presumably in a case, so that it wouldn't be apparent. And then make your way into a building where you have already scoped out the venue where he is to speak. That building, the distance of the shot, and then to find a window. And while you're doing all of this, you have to make sure that you do it."
"This happens, I believe, at noontime on the campus," Miller continued. "You would have to do it in a room where you had access, where presumably no one else had access. As you set up a rifle, which likely would be on a bipod or a tripod rather than handheld, although either is either is possible."
"And to do all that now, there's an alternative version," he added. "Beyond carrying a long rifle and a long rifle case of having a rifle that you can break down and assemble on the scene, which could come in something as small as a duffel bag. Again, something we saw with the attempted assassination of President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. But this is — this is not a spontaneous event. It is not someone who was in the crowd and got upset and pulled out a pistol. This was a very deliberate and premeditated and pre-planned event."
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