Deadshot (Gotham Knight)

Deadshot (Real Name Floyd Lawton) is an assassin-for-hire that serves as the titular villain of the last in a series of Anime short films from ''Batman: Gotham Knight. ''Like other versions of the character, he is a master marksman who kills for money and pleasure, and opposes Batman.

history
Deadshot is first introduced pulling off a long-range assassination from a ferris wheel. After shooting his target in the head, Deadshot leaves behind the empty shell casing with his initials (DS) on it, as he does noting that he now has "another happy customer". Later, he meets with a criminal contact who tells him that the Russian gang in Gotham desires a hit in the name of allevitating their problems. Initially, it seems that James Gordon is the target, and Batman and the police rally to protect him.

However, once Batman intercepts Deadshot and keeps him from sniping Gordon, the assassin reveals that Batman was the target all along; Gordon was merely bait with which to lure Batman out. A fight ensues in which Deadshot manages to successfully shoot Batman in the shoulder after the latter impulsively charges him, but just when Deadshot thinks he's won, Batman comes up from behind and destroys his wrist-mounted machine gun. Panicking as Batman now has him at his mercy, Deadshot's self-assured and cocky demeanor shatters and he stammeringly begs Batman not to kill him, also admitting that the Russians want Batman dead. Meekly, Deadshot whimpers that he was "just doing his job" and Batman punches him out.

It is later revealed that Floyd Lawton is in custody, and that if convicted, he could be facing the death penalty, but we do not see for sure what happens to him.

trivia

 * Unlike nearly every other version of the character, Deadshot's targeting scope is green instead of red. Ironic, as this version of Deadshot's outfit is almost entirely red apart from the targeting scope. In yet another visual difference, he has only one wrist-mounted machine gun here instead of the usual two.
 * Unlike the comic version of Deadshot, who desires to go out in a blaze of glory and is unafraid of death, this version loses his nerve when Batman has him at his mercy and pleads with Batman not to kill him.
 * Batman: Gotham Knight is supposed to be canon with the Christopher Nolan Batman films, but there are numerous things in the short films proper that contradict this claim, making it highly questionable just how compatible with the Nolan films Gotham Knight actually is.