DEVELOPING STORY: The alleged gunman who tried to assassinate President Trump was spotted on the roof of a nearby building by police at least 30 minutes before Saturday’s shooting. One Trump supporter was killed and two others were injured. President Trump was shot in the ear. Click here to get Todd’s breaking news alerts.
Television station WPXI in Pittsburgh reports that Thomas Crooks was spotted on the roof of the American Glass Research Building at 5:45 p.m.
Channel 11′s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man on a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person. We have learned from our sources the person in that picture is Thomas Crooks. We’re told it’s not clear if Crooks had a gun with him at that point.
According to multiple sources, a law enforcement officer had also previously seen Crooks on the ground and called him in as a suspicious person with a picture prior to 5:45 p.m. Our sources tell us an officer checked the grounds for Crooks at that point, but did not see him where the first picture was taken.
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If this report is true it would mean that the security meltdown that happened at the Trump rally was either gross incompetence or intentional. Investigations must be commenced.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Read this one book before the 2024 Presidential Election.
Television station WPXI reports Thomas Crooks was spotted by law enforcement on the roof nearly 30 minutes before shooting President Trump and the Trump supporters. This was either gross incompetence or intentional.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 15, 2024
