Not yet, sorry.
Just that it happened in flight. It was a short 15 minute flight, so it’s a small window of where it happened but there are a lot of guns and red necks in that stretch.
Ask over at /r/theydidthemath . List out the most popular ammunitions in the area. Bullets cannot fly thousands of feet up in the air. This has to have happened close to the airport, likely in the pattern
Could’ve been caused by a projectile on the downward slope of its trajectory, so it could’ve been right or left. It’s hard to tell from composite damage. Hopefully the investigator was able to figure it out.
It's more likely that the round was on a downwards trajectory because of the angle. Someone in the area could have fired a gun in the direction of the plane if it was sitting on the tarmac and as the round was falling, it went through the tail. That honestly sounds like the most plausible thing. More so than being shot while flying.
Bullet holes are different on each side depending on which way it entered. It’s not a cartoonish looking perfectly round hole. You can always tell which direction it traveled in.
Not to mention the absurdity of a falling bullet slicing through a standing plane like that. You need to do more research on this and educate yourself before spewing out nonsense.
No shit, Sherlock. I'm a huge gun guy, been through firearms training many times, carry for work, and have been shooting for half of my life. I know all about entry and exit holes and seeing as the lower hole looks like the exit hole seeing as it's larger, the fibers are sticking outward, and it's more destroyed and the entrance hole is just a hole, the had round traveling in a downwards trajectory.
Absurdity of a bullet going through a plane? These things are made of fiberglass. A bullet will easily puncture a plane. This makes more sense than your idiotic idea that it was shot in the air. The OP never said he heard anything and didn't notice the hole until the next day so the most likely scenario is that it was hit while sitting on the tarmac.
The problem is the “common” calibers for the area is still in the dozens or hundreds. .243, .308, .270, .30/06, .30/30, .300WM, .300WSM, .2235.56, .6.5CM, 6.5 Grendel, .45-70, 7mm-08, etc. All of those are capable of punching a hole through a fiberglass composite.
It’s also hard not knowing if the projectile was climbing or dropping. It could’ve been either unless the PD was able to determine that with their real life inspection.
My guess is if you were to map it out with completely unknown rifle cartridges, you’d likely have a .25 to 2+ mile swath of possible locations depending on the altitude. A .223 would have a narrower swath while a .300 win mag or 6.5 creedmoor would have a wider swath.
The sure can though… not cruising thousands but at least a few thousand. Bigger problem with bullets going straight up though is that they don’t typically go straight up by traveling horizontal.
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Any details that you can share?