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Man in a 76 Cap Behind the Merchandise Table

Candid event photo of a bearded man in a cream t-shirt and a two-tone 76 baseball cap standing behind a banner-draped table

What This Image Shows​

A vertical candid frame from the event. A bearded man in a cream t-shirt stands behind a table draped in blue and white banners; his cap is two-tone, a cream crown with a dark blue brim and the red numerals 76 on the front, and his shirt carries a small chest graphic of the United States holding a flag. White caps and other promotional items are scattered across the table, with branded white cups to his right. Behind him a crowd stands at a metal barricade, several people holding phones up to record. Blurred fingers from someone standing at the lens obscure the lower right of the frame.

The merchandise table is one of the most closely examined objects in the case, because what sat on it, who stood behind it, and what was missing from it afterward all feature in the timeline arguments. This frame is a positional record: it fixes one person, the table layout, and the crowd line at a moment before the shooting.

No claim is made here about this individual, who is not identified. The relevant written pages are The Tent for the table and canopy layout, Security Team for who was working the area, and Timeline for the sequence. The aftermath state of the same table appears in After.

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