Iamwhomiam » Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:52 pm wrote:[
But Gios' girfriend said the smoke from what they at first thought were fireworks was going down, not up like it would from firecrackers, and that's when they realized they were gunshots.
Ok, that might be the case, but my point was to say they he definitely said fireworks were let off before any gunshots, and saw and heard them, including the guy who let them off. Which the multiple pops in that video could possibly be verifying. Gio also said that the fireworks startled and shocked people, but the people running didn't start until the actual gunfire started not long after. Again, people do not seem to be fleeing when the initial pops are going off, based on that rather rough video footage.
edit: The FB audio posted above, I hear something maybe at 3:54, then at 3:59 that repeats a few times. Havent listened enough to determine, but these do sound like the initial pops in the youtube video. From the FB audio, it does sound less like fireworks, since there sounds like a velocity to them. They dont sound like the repeated shots that come after either, perhaps a different gun, and maybe Gio was mistaking fireworks for gun fire.
edit 2: In his original manuscript testimony Gio seemed confident that they were firecrackers and I thought I remember him saying that someone right next to him lit them, but after looking at his video again, he seems to think they are indeed gunfire now.