#ballistics

#ballistics

The woman shared the information, not with police but instead with one of Creech's loved ones, who turned it over to investigators. Padilla-Maciel was a suspect but stayed out of jail until 2023, after police spoke to eyewitnesses and matched a spent shell casing in Padilla-Maciel's bedroom to the homicide scene. That year, Padilla-Maciel was arrested at the southern border, while returning to the United States from Mexico, according to police.

The Accuracy International Mk 13 sniper rifle is one of the newer additions to the Navy SEAL toolbox. It combines an old-school sniper tradition with modern bolt-action hardware that gives SEAL snipers extended range and improved firepower. In practice it's not necessarily about bigger guns so much as better ballistics, modular barrels and advanced optics. The versatility of this anti-personnel rifle is the key.

On 6 December 1991, a Friday, Jennifer Harbison and Eliza Thomas, both 17, were closing the frozen yoghurt shop where they worked while Jennifer's sister, 15-year-old Sarah Harbison, and 13-year-old Amy Ayers, her friend, waited for a ride from Jennifer. Moments before midnight, a fire at the shop drew first responders, who discovered the four girls had been bound and murdered, with signs of sexual assault.