That's where i think people are thinking too hard into it as well. The media intentionally puts up smoke screens with things like this (its like the reverse of a false flag shooting, where you can see they are actually trying to blame someone other than the "shooter" they put up for the crime), but they are very easy to read through. I don't even buy the story that they were actually recording when it happened. I think either she tried to pull a gun on him and he got her first or someone was given the kill order on her to spook Alec, whether someone else shot her or the prop gun was actually swapped out and he did it.. which is the angle that makes me think it could be a Trump move. Its a mob boss style reaction to how Alec constantly trashed him, so its fitting to think this could be a possibility, especially essentially and metaphorically killing two birds with one stone. The media wouldn't ever report this because they would have to admit again, that he is still in power somehow.