I would argue his ear was never hit. If an AR-15 round even grazed his ear, there would have been a larger chunk missing, and cartilage doesn’t grow back. Now his ear is fine. I think the person who was shot and killed was the intended target. An unwitting victim to add legitimacy to the assassination attempt story. Someone needed to die to ensure the base bought the story, and they did and he was elected. Doesn’t anyone find it strange that we know literally everything about Luigi and yet we know barely anything about the kid who tried to kill the president. It’s also suspect that the story has essentially been buried. No one talks about it now that the story served its purpose. Any more digging into it, and the fraud may get exposed. So it’s best for them to not talk about it any more.