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Assassination attempts on Trump (view source)
Revision as of 06:22, July 17, 2024
, 06:22, July 17, 2024→The shooting
===Security breach===
===Security breach===
[[File:Thomas Matthew Crooks Blackrock.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Thomas Matthew Crooks gunman at Trump Rally appearing in 2022 [[BlackRock]] video.<ref>[https://youtu.be/p0EBvH8zIKI Trump Rally Gunman - Thomas Matthew Crooks - in BlackRock Promotional Video], This is the President, Jul 14, 2024. YouTube</ref>]]
[[File:Thomas Matthew Crooks Blackrock.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Thomas Matthew Crooks gunman at Trump Rally appearing in 2022 [[BlackRock]] video.<ref>[https://youtu.be/p0EBvH8zIKI Trump Rally Gunman - Thomas Matthew Crooks - in BlackRock Promotional Video], This is the President, Jul 14, 2024. YouTube</ref>]]
The shooter walked from his van carrying an AR-15 and wearing camouflage pants in plain sight of rallygoers. He came to a building, the American Glass Research company, where a ladder had been pre-positioned before time.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13635887/trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-images-roof.html EXCLUSIVE Chilling images show just how close Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks got to the former president], By LAURA COLLINS, CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, ''[[Daily Caller]]'', 15 July 2024. dailymail.co.uk</ref> He climbed the ladder in full sight of rallygoers carrying his AR-15. Eyewitnesses notified the police of his presence.<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/LhaArztkvufk Eyewitness says that he told law officers there was a man on the roof climbing]. [[CBS]].</ref><ref>[https://x.com/SharpFootball/status/1812265909727396107 BBC interview with a guy outside the security perimeter who claims he saw the shooter before he fired]. [[BBC]].</ref>
The shooter arrived at the event 3 hours early.
The shooter walked from his van carrying an AR-15 and wearing camouflage pants in plain sight of rallygoers. He came to a building, the American Glass Research (AGR) company, where a ladder had been pre-positioned before time.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13635887/trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-images-roof.html EXCLUSIVE Chilling images show just how close Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks got to the former president], By LAURA COLLINS, CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, ''[[Daily Caller]]'', 15 July 2024. dailymail.co.uk</ref>
A team of police snipers was stationed in the same single-story AGR International building that the shooter chose to fire from, and they saw him outside three times in the minutes leading up to the attack.
He climbed the ladder in full sight of rallygoers carrying his AR-15. Eyewitnesses notified the police of his presence.<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/LhaArztkvufk Eyewitness says that he told law officers there was a man on the roof climbing]. [[CBS]].</ref><ref>[https://x.com/SharpFootball/status/1812265909727396107 BBC interview with a guy outside the security perimeter who claims he saw the shooter before he fired]. [[BBC]].</ref>
The line of sight (LOS) distance from the building's rooftop was approximately 130 yards to the podium where President Trump was speaking. Why the rooftop was not secured and protected raises lots of questions as to why, and whether there was proper oversight within the Secret Service. There were no [[drone]]s up to cover the perimeter and to provide surveillance and warning.<ref>[https://armedforces.press/assassination-attempt-after-action-assessment/ Assassination Attempt - After Action Assessment], By James Waurishuk, ''Armed Forces Press'', July 15, 2024. armedforces.press</ref>
The line of sight (LOS) distance from the building's rooftop was approximately 130 yards to the podium where President Trump was speaking. Why the rooftop was not secured and protected raises lots of questions as to why, and whether there was proper oversight within the Secret Service. There were no [[drone]]s up to cover the perimeter and to provide surveillance and warning.<ref>[https://armedforces.press/assassination-attempt-after-action-assessment/ Assassination Attempt - After Action Assessment], By James Waurishuk, ''Armed Forces Press'', July 15, 2024. armedforces.press</ref>