No, that's not the whole story of what happened. the guy in the car signaled to the rest of the crew. A "medic" ran up and immediately began pickup up the brass casings.
And yes. Shooting people when they're vulnerable is generally how an ambush is supposed to work.
As to overall capabilities, there is significantly more I've heard from acquiantances who are in the loop about gossip from LEO and militia types. It's a significantly more sophisticated organization than given credit for by the right. Redonkulas verifies some of what I know:
Once again, Easy C is posting my thoughts. Its a big mistake to think of antifa as a bunch of "dumb losers". They may be losers, but they are probably 'average' human beings with the luxury of time afforded by not being employed or marginally employed. Even if we assumed they were all lower iq they are slowly gaining a large advantage which the other side lacks.
experience.
antifa has been in riots now since what...at least the G8 protests? at least since "occupy wallstreet" in 2011. To make it even worse, they are getting arrested and released, meaning they get to learn the entire police tactics and processing cycle and then get released back to their comrades where they can share the information. Even the best of the worst has got to be a "riot veteran" at this point, where they pretty much know the drill every time they attend a 'protest'
experience in practical matters counts for a lot. I used to work a manual labor job where a rookie in their first month could produce 600 units/day, their next 3 months they could produce about 1500 units/day and within 6 months they could produce 3000/units per day at which point they were at about peak capacity. Antifa has gotten through the "rookie" stage and its new members are probably at double the capability of what a 'green' maga person would be. Mind you MAGA has some expert combat veterans but thats not all of them.
There are quotes and proverbs littered through history about under estimating your opponent. "Dont' be that guy" when it comes to underestimating antifa.