Sources: Law enforcement was searching for Thomas Crooks before he shot Trump

WTAE Channel 4 Pittsburgh ^ | 7/16/24 | Marcie Ciprian

[DallasBiff]

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has learned from multiple sources that Thomas Crooks was spotted at the rally, photographed as suspicious and officers were actively looking for him when he made his way onto the roof and fired at former President Donald Trump.

Sources say the Secret Service was aware something was wrong, and the snipers were in position, but the pitch of the roof Crooks was on prevented them from seeing the 20-year-old until he moved to the peak and fired his weapon

[whitney69]

Shouldn’t have been too hard to find him as he was probably the only person walking around carrying a rife and a ladder big enough to get on to the building. Should have stuck out.

wy69

[ClearCase_guy]

>>but the pitch of the roof Crooks was on prevented them from seeing the 20-year-old until he moved to the peak and fired his weapon

>HA! People saw him from the EFFING ground!

Yup. Also, the use of the reverse slope is a basic tactic. The Duke of Wellington did this all the time (notably at the Battle of Waterloo). Find a slope where you can’t be seen but where you can quickly pop up and fire. This is pretty basic stuff. I would think a security team would specifically look for such hiding places. Ideal for snipers. They should have known about that vulnerability, and when people on the ground starting yelling about seeing someone, they should have been right on top of it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Getting closer.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4251198/posts?page=12#12

[AnthonySoprano]

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Their mission was to make sure the 20 yr old with flowing locks wasn’t inconvenienced in any way.

It’s readily apparent.

[shotgun]

I have full faith in that the FBI will recreate the scene and prove it was impossible to see the sniper. Upon completion they will then have the building destroyed so it can’t ever be used by another sniper.

I call this the magic roof theory.

[Biblebelter]

The truth is that the Deep State would have gotten away with these crimes if they had taken out Trump.

The coup d’etat that followed Kennedy’s murder was successful because a grieving nation was in shock and mourning.

There are so many things that are now being attempted to be explained by incredible incompetence that the only credible explanation is that the “incompetence” was the result of deliberate intent.

The shadow government is evil.

This present regime does not have an ounce of moral authority.

Trump is the only hope of restoring the remaining shell of our once great republic.

[delchiante]

Wonder how far he walked hauling a ladder around

[Waverunner]

One thing LE should know is that people deployed inside a building have their mobility and line of sight limited, and are easy targets for snipers when entering or exiting the buildin.
Why put any anti sniper team on the ground floor of the closest building in the industrial park?
There's a multi story building in the park whose roof commands all of roofs of the buildings in the industrial park.
DOH.. And lets not even talk about the water tower.

[struggle]

So they could help him reload

[AnthonySoprano]

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At least 3 members of the LE team called in Crooks to the command post saying he was acting suspicious, at various locations.

[Romulus]

“Someone on X said.” That’s some source.

[Texas Eagle]

No worries. My larger point is that even news agencies resort to qualifiers such as "sources say", "it's been reported that", etc., by NEWS SOURCES. I want to know some specifics about who reported what.

My ire is not directed at you. It's directed at those who cite "sources".

But it's been thus for me for decades.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Looks like it was the dreaded misinformation

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-shooting-secret-service-334166850448

[glimmerman70]

Yeah and did he have to go back for the gun. 2 days before the rally he went shooting at the club and then bought a ladder and a box of 50 cartridges. Maybe stashed it the day before. I heard a lot of people said they went days before the rally to look around. And nobody cared. You would think they would not allow people at the venue a few days before. For security.

[shotgun]

From the picture of the dead sniper, it looks to me like an exit wound just below his right ear, so this theory makes sense. The other 2 Secret Service snipers positioned behind Trump appeared to facing him head on.

We’ll know for sure when they release the autopsy report in 50 years.

[Dartoid]

You keep spreading this BS story. Knock it off.

[AnthonySoprano]

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This Secret Service Training film makes it crystal clear why they need perfectly flat venues.

https://youtu.be/mRDl5_-wJ0Y?si=HoFlWyw8vr41u9Ed

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

I don’t take orders from you. Knock it off.

[iowamomforfreedom]

Someone posted on X, that read it on 4chan.

Think I’d need to see something a little more reliable than that.

[Beowulf9]

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2020/02/06/asu-working-identify-man-yelling-slash-republican-throats-video/4683903002/