It took me probably over 100 tries at killing the sniper across the way. I "just grazed him" or "just wounded him" a ton of times. His cat-like reflexes tore my head off every time though.
How did I beat it? Well one time the sniper "thought" he was behind a wall but he was in front of a window. I shot him three times as he didn't notice. I'll take that glitch gladly.
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