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From NBC News: The rooftop where a gunman shot at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally was identified by the Secret Service as a potential vulnerability in the days before the event, two sources familiar with the agency’s operations told NBC News.
The building, owned by a glass research company, is adjacent to the Butler Farm Show, an outdoor venue in Butler, Pennsylvania. The Secret Service was aware of the risks associated with it, the sources said.
“Someone should have been on the roof or securing the building so no one could get on the roof,” said one of the sources, a former senior Secret Service agent who was familiar with the planning.
The report notes that the Secret Service had “worked with local law enforcement to maintain event security, including sniper teams poised on rooftops to identify and eliminate threats.”
However, no officers were posted on the building that the gunman ultimately gained access to, which was outside the event’s security perimeter but only about 148 yards from the stage.
A video has surfaced on social media of the gunman crawling on the roof to get into position, as rally goers point him out to law enforcement.
You can see an officer standing right next to the building as the shooter is crawling across the roof and the crowd urging him to do something for a full minute pic.twitter.com/o1CyVMAKyO
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 15, 2024
The rooftop where a gunman shot at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally was identified by the Secret Service as a potential vulnerability in the days before the event.
SS now blaming police for security lapse.https://t.co/rlVJs6zOtg pic.twitter.com/BCtZpB7K6G
— 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝙾𝚠𝚎𝚗𓂀 (@realdennyowen) July 15, 2024
Channel 11 News reported that, based on video footage and other details, Crooks was spotted by law enforcement in the area nearly 30 minutes before shots were fired.
BREAKING: Trump’s attempted assassin was spotted 30 MINUTES before on the roof, and was reported as suspicious
An officer took a photo of him at 5:45https://t.co/NsmGktDdYJ
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 15, 2024
They had guns in the shooters direction
The let him crawl onto the roof.
They let him get his rifle out.
They ignored other people screaming about the gun man
They let shots get fired
They killed him once Trump was down…
This was an inside job pic.twitter.com/NEN9ICCesb— leilani dowding 🌸🚜 ☮️ (@LeilaniDowding) July 14, 2024
