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* Done at multiple levels in ''Crown Of Slaves'' by [[David Weber]]. During the coronation at the end of the book, Lieutenant Governor Cassetti is killed in front of thousands of people and dozens of notables from the various political groups around Torch. Averted at one level, because Scrags are instantly found with the murder weapon, but played absolutely straight at another level because {{spoiler|Thandi Palane planted the evidence of their guilt and had her guards kill them so they couldn't be questioned, such that she was standing in full view of everyone while she executed him}}.
* ''[[The Executioner]]''. [[One-Man Army]] Mack Bolan often starts his 'blitz' on a local Mafia family this way. He turns up at several mob joints, calmly states the name of his target, whom he then kills along with their bodyguards in an [[The Gunslinger|impressive display of shooting]]. This quickly gets the Mafia 'mobbed up' in a 'hardsite' where Bolan can [[Storming the Castle|destroy them with overwhelming firepower]] without worrying about innocents getting in the way.
* In ''[[The Day of the Jackal]]'' by Frederick Forsythe, the Jackal plans to assassinate Charles DeGaulle at a public
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** [[James Garfield]] was shot in a train station. There weren't a ton of people around, but the assassin, Charles Guiteau, was a nutjob who reportedly yelled, "I did it and I want to be arrested!" afterwards, which is always helpful.
** Next was [[William McKinley]], who was shot while gladhanding the crowd at the Pan-American Exposition. One of his Secret Service bodyguards admitted at the trial that he may not have seen the assassin, Polish-American anarchist Leon Czogolsz, because he was distracted by the [[Scary Black Man]] standing behind him. (The crowd, including said [[Scary Black Man]], did attack Czogolsz, and McKinley, who knew he was dying, asked the Secret Service to stop them.)
** In the category of "attempted assassinations," [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was shot as he was about to make a
** [[John F. Kennedy]] was sort of shot in the middle of a parade. And Lee Harvey Oswald was sort of shot on national television.
** Finally, like McKinley, [[Ronald Reagan]] was shot by an apparent admirer among the crowd he was greeting. Again, the crowd and Secret Service attacked Hinckley (reacting very quickly in this case).
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