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round penetrated Evers’ body, continued through him and the front door, and came to a
rest in the kitchen where Evers’ family waited for his arrival. Evers fell and began crawling
to the front door, which at the sound of the gunre, had been opened by his wife. Evers was
able to get through the door into his home but later died of his wound. De La Beckwith
was able to calmly and quietly move out of the area.
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Whether a hostile organization will eld a trained sniper unit or not
is of little initial importance. Anyone with a moderate amount of shoot-
ing experience, especially hunters, could pick up a rie and successfully
engage targets within 100 to 200 yards. Given the nature of the urban/
suburban layout, most potenti ...