Because the photo op was staged. Because the security checked the roof and the gunman early on and didn't do anything. Because the audience said there was a person on the roof and security basically dismissed it. Because the alleged gunman was actually connected to the far right. Because after the shooting we got a million pics of Teump with a huge bandage on his ear that was completely unnecessary considering there was no damage to the ear (check it out in recent photos). Because they wouldn't release the doctor's report. Because we never heard more about the alleged shooter when any other time in history there have been intense investigations--- but everything got dropped with both Trump's assn attempt and Kirk's as well--- we stop hearing about any investigations and immediately go into political speeches and rallies and propaganda, aka, controlling the narrative by telling you what you saw . As often as the Right talks about the Left using paid agitators, I wouldn't be surprised if all of these events have shooters that are paid agitators for the Trump regime. And that's why the shooters almost always have a radical right viewpoint. The fact that someone died was probably a mistake, but a useful one. Some people said the trajectory for the bullet was all wrong considering the "gunman" was on the roof but I don't know those specifics. A bullet that size even grazing T's ear should have burned his head and hair--- there wasn't enough damage.