Floyd Lawton

Floyd Lawton, known to Interpol under the codename "Deadshot", is an expert marksman that uses a sniper rifle.

Biography
Deadshot is an assassin who uses long-ranged weaponry and uses the signature neuro-toxin Curare to poison his bullets. He has murdered countless targets in his time, including John Diggle 's deceased brother, Andy Diggle. After a job, he tattoos the name of his victims (killed targets) on his body.

Apparent death
In "Lone Gunman", Deadshot kills James Holder and injures Oliver in the process. Finding out the bullet was poisoned, Oliver tracks down Deadshot to an apartment where they confront each other, only for the assassin to flee the scene. At the Unidac auction, Deadshot prepares to take out Walter Steele, but he is saved by Detective Lance. Oliver and Deadshot have another confrontation where Oliver shoots an arrow through his eye, supposedly killing him. Once Oliver discovers that John Diggle had been shot by the assassin during the scuffle, he is forced to leave to help Diggle. It is confirmed that Deadshot was not actually killed.

Abilities

 * Expert marksman: Deadshot is an expert marksman and skilled with many ranged weapons. This is partially supported by his proficiency with his sniper rifle.

Equipment

 * Wrist turrets: Deadshot possesses two wrist turrets, one on each wrist, that can emit continous gun shots in less than seconds consecutively.
 * Sniper rifle: One of Lawton's weapons of choice include a long-ranged sniper rifle with poison laced bullets.

Trivia

 * Deadshot is one of the more popular DC supervillains, having featured in several animated adaptations, and video games, and is a prominent member of the Suicide Squad, a team of convicted felons that frequently perform missions on behalf of the government.
 * Deadshot's first appearance in the comics was Batman vol 1 no 59 June 1950

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