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Fiction is fiction.
In real life, stalking the victim for months, sniper shots, or anything that involves any sort of sofisticiation or team of people is asking to get caught.
KISS principle. A successful hit would be as simple as possible, happen fast with no prior interaction, and involve as few people as possible.
I read a book a long time ago that talked about how many environmental activists end up in car accidents. In North America if you were an activist you were very likely to get in a car accident at night along a well known route....
Or... You could do it like Spanish revolutionaries did it.
Indeed. Still, I'd assume if the hypothetical high profile target has security up to par, it requires a little more than to go in and start blasting. Even if very little planning is required, it would be because the hitman has sufficient expertise, indirectly the planning already being done over years of experience.
Richard Kuklinski.
He kept it simple. …mostly.