One of the early broadcasts on the DPD radio reveals that a cop at the scene reported that the suspect was "armed with a 30.30 Winchester or some sort of 30 caliber rifle."
In his affidavit Brennan described the rifle as a "high powered rifle"...If he had seen an old military rifle it's highly unlikely that he would have described it as a "high powered or hunting rifle.....And Brennan said that he could see "all of the barrel of the gun" .... since only a few inches of the barrel of a carcano model 91/38 are visible it's highly unlikely that he would have said that he could see "all of the barrel"......
You're going off the rails. I'm not claiming that Brennan saw a Carcano. I'm asking you to justify why you think Brennan said "30 caliber rifle". Or even "looked like a 30-30 rifle or some type of Winchester." There is no record in his affidavit, testimony, or even in Brennan's big book of embellishments that says "30-30 rifle or some type of Winchester". Neither Sawyer (who's the one who broadcasted that), or Sorrels, or anybody else is on record as saying that info came from Brennan.
Mr. BELIN. All right, now, sir; you did broadcast that description out of this
Mr. SAWYER. Yes, that's correct. That shows on the radio log. Where did you get that description
Mr. SAWYER. We are talking now about the colored man?
Mr. BELIN. No, I am talking about the one that is on Sawyer's Deposition Exhibit A, that shows you at 12:43.
Mr. SAWYER. That description came to me mainly from one witness who claimed to have seen the rifle barrel in the fifth or sixth floor of the building, and claimed to have been able to see the man up there.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know this person's name?
Mr. SAWYER. I do not.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know anything about him, what he was wearing?
Mr. SAWYER. Except that he was--I don't remember what he was wearing. I remember that he was a white man and that he wasn't young and he wasn't old. He was there. That is the only two things that I can remember about him.
Mr. BELIN. What age would you categorize as young?
Mr. SAWYER. Around 35 would be my best recollection of it, but it could be a few years either way.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember if he was tall or short, or can't you remember anything about him?
Mr. SAWYER. I can't remember that much about him. I was real hazy about that.
You'd think that he would have remembered 44-year-old Brennan's big honkin' hard hat...
