Consider the long term ramifications (assuming it was him) of the DC cops revealing and defending the actions of this monster (the shooter, identity unknown).
In fact you may well wonder, did Howard get some help in his last act? It's a deep pond, afterall.
I’ve royally screwed this post—I got the image tags wrong. I’ll get back to this but if you’re curious look up Howard Liebengood and compare to the video still of Ashley Babbit’s killer.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjAmzldLAPVkV7LDVXyOng23soGCmpaWKr3g&usqp=CAU