New video posted on X shows would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks crawling on a rooftop as bystanders pointed him out to law enforcement.
An officer was next to the building and bystanders alerted him to the potential threat.
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Wild video shows the gunman crawling into position at a Trump rally as people pointed him out to law enforcement. pic.twitter.com/pYRvkSWZSb
— Moses Schwartz (@YWNReporter) July 15, 2024
On Saturday, a video was released showing Crooks firing a gun on a rooftop before a Secret Service sniper shot and killed him.
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The video appears to show people in the crowd shouting the bastard’s name.
The Secret Service was alerted to a suspicious person with a gun on the roof.
They did nothing.
Incredible failure of the Secret Service. pic.twitter.com/tharQ5hlc2
— Libs for TikTok (@libsofttalk) July 14, 2024
At least two witnesses came forward and told the media that they alerted police to the gunman crawling on the roof.
One person who attended a Trump rally told CBS News, “I was standing there like everyone else, just waiting for Trump. When Trump started speaking, I noticed two police officers looking for something or someone .
The witness added: “So I looked around and saw a guy on top of a building walking in between one building and another and telling the police he was there.”
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A witness to the shooting at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pa., said he saw the gunman on a rooftop and reported the suspect to police before shots rang out. https://t.co/nSwmWOaGFa pic.twitter.com/exD1ONtdih
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 14, 2024
Another witness who spoke to BBC News said the gunman was “crawling” on the roof of the unsecured building. Witnesses said he pointed at the gunman for two to three minutes in an attempt to alert police to the potential threat.
The police were running around with no clue. According to witnesses, the Secret Service was looking in the direction of the gunman with binoculars.
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Witnesses told BBC News they saw a man with a rifle firing on the roof of a building at a President Trump rally in Pennsylvania before being shot by the Secret Service. pic.twitter.com/8Dfk19FsgH
— Georgina (@gs_mick) July 13, 2024
A new report from NBC News reveals that the Secret Service identified a rooftop next to Trump’s event in Butler, Pa., as a security breach days before the rally.
Agents failed to secure the building, so a man with a rifle climbed onto the roof, adjusted his scope and fired several shots at President Trump.
A bullet grazed Trump’s right ear. Two rally attendees were injured. A Trump supporter was shot and killed.
