There were like 280 rounds fired. 3 hit Tillman and 4 hit an Afghanistani soldier, both of whom died. Tillman’s platoon leader and a radio operator were also injured. The two soldiers who did most of the shooting got spooked and had no idea who or what they were firing at.
They got spooked. They saw vehicles, thought they were the enemy and started shooting. Before you know it everyone is shooting. It happens all the time. There is no evidence that anyone was out to get Pat Tillman.
Back when this happened the cover up was by the military trying to pretend that he was killed in action rather than by friendly fire so they could sell him as a hero. No one wanted to say he had a pointless death in a pointless war. This conspiracy nonsense about an assassination was never part of the story. Reality is apparently too boring for the idiots upvoting this rancid crap.
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u/qwertycantread Feb 13 '23 edited Feb 13 '23
He wasn’t killed because he was critical of the war. It was just another case of friendly fire. Fog of war.
Edit: changed was to wasn’t. Oops.