UFC’s Tim Kennedy Says Florida Bank Robbery Sniper Didn’t Put Hostages at Risk

Ex-UFC star Tim Kennedy — who’s additionally a U.S. Military Particular Forces sniper — is praising the police sniper who took out a financial institution robber with a close-range kill shot between 2 hostages.

Tim tells TMZ … legislation enforcement did unimaginable work right here to protect harmless lives and shield civilians, and anybody who thinks the sniper put the hostages in danger with such a daring shot has no clue what goes right into a snipe like this.

Bear in mind … video reveals the second a Lee County Sheriff’s Division sniper shoots through a computer monitor inside a financial institution, killing a robber who was utilizing 2 hostages as human shields whereas speaking with a negotiator.

Tim says the sniper used a .308 caliber rifle, and at such shut vary — about 15 to twenty ft — the bullet was all the time going to journey straight via the pc monitor and into the wrongdoer’s cranium, with loads of power to maintain the projectile from ricocheting off observe in the direction of the hostages.