IJ> Secret Service agent misses Routh.  Agent was 5 feet away and shot 6
 IJ> rounds and missed all 6.
 IJ> 
 IJ> This is bad.  Either the agents need range time, they are protecting the
 IJ> President, and other dignitaries... Or some thing is up and the agent
 IJ> wanted Routh to get away...

What good does it do to spare his life? By killing him, they would have taken away any opportunity for him to spill the beans.

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