The building where the shooter is said to have been was a bit to Kirk’s left - not, as was initially suggested, a different building to his right. I saw aftermath video yesterday of the area behind Kirk, behind the building his back was to. There was a taped off area there with three small traffic cones, presumably as evidence markers.
That building Kirk’s back was to, the bottom of that building is wide open with a wide concrete walkway beneath it, which extends back beyond. That’s where those cones were. Now I think those cones may have been marking bullet fragments that bounced off a side wall under that building and ended up on the walkway beyond/behind.
Hollow point rounds, strictly speaking, are pistol rounds. They have a cavity at the tip, which makes them balloon out and fragment more easily, to do more damage. Since they’ve recovered a “high powered bolt-action rifle,” “hollow point” wouldn’t be the right term. Some rifle rounds are made as “soft point” that does the same kind of thing that a hollow point pistol round would do, but generally speaking, you want penetration and distance with a rifle; you want that bullet to be pointy to cut through the air, go fast, go far, go straight.
Hollow point rifle rounds are absolutely a thing. I know this because I have a box of them at home. 30.06 hollow point is a common offering you can get basically anywhere.
The building where the shooter is said to have been was a bit to Kirk’s left - not, as was initially suggested, a different building to his right. I saw aftermath video yesterday of the area behind Kirk, behind the building his back was to. There was a taped off area there with three small traffic cones, presumably as evidence markers.
That building Kirk’s back was to, the bottom of that building is wide open with a wide concrete walkway beneath it, which extends back beyond. That’s where those cones were. Now I think those cones may have been marking bullet fragments that bounced off a side wall under that building and ended up on the walkway beyond/behind.
Hollow point rounds, strictly speaking, are pistol rounds. They have a cavity at the tip, which makes them balloon out and fragment more easily, to do more damage. Since they’ve recovered a “high powered bolt-action rifle,” “hollow point” wouldn’t be the right term. Some rifle rounds are made as “soft point” that does the same kind of thing that a hollow point pistol round would do, but generally speaking, you want penetration and distance with a rifle; you want that bullet to be pointy to cut through the air, go fast, go far, go straight.
Hollow point rifle rounds are absolutely a thing. I know this because I have a box of them at home. 30.06 hollow point is a common offering you can get basically anywhere.
TIL, all right then.