I would find it hilarious is the assassin remained at large because people refused to snitch.
Also remember, things are newsworthy because they're novel. US sees like 2 gun deaths per day and thousands due to insurance company malpractice, but this one death dominates newscycles.
Also have to wonder how many random unrelated and innocent men would have been summarily executed "killed in self defence by police" by now were the shooter Black.