radius

A calculation of how close the shooter was to Lucas Villa as they fired their weapon. The blue icon represents Villa’s location just before the shooting as well as the final location of his body. The black human shape represents the suspect, with red arrows showing the directionality of their movements. The first shot was fired within a radius of 7.5 m. The shooter got closer to Lucas with every shot.

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