Me too. That’s why I was scanning the railing in all videos. But there is a ladder on the right side that goes all the way to the top. Rumors of the guy using a zip line into the woods and a black SUV picked him up.
“Me too. That’s why I was scanning the railing in all videos. But there is a ladder on the right side that goes all the way to the top. Rumors of the guy using a zip line into the woods and a black SUV picked him up.”
I was at the rally, standing about 60 yards from the shooters building. Guy next to me pointed out after the shooting was over that the police were chasing a guy on the other side of the perimeter fence. This would have been in the general area of the water tower.
Went back to google maps street view. Copyright is November 2023, so pretty recent. Yes, there is a ladder down the back side of the tower, as expected, and it does go up to the walkway. Also looks like there’s a ladder of some sort from the walkway to that top part of the tower. So it is fairly easily accessible. Well, not for me, but for someone that isn’t askeert of heights.
There are a few homes on the street that might have a view of someone climbing the tower, if someone was to look. The Street is Meridian Drive. Appears that only 3 or 4 homes might have a view. Probably something where people just don’t look at the tower. And someone might have climbed up there at night.
There’s a fence around the base of the tower with barbed wire on top, but that’s only to keep kids out. Or at least slow them down. Opportunities exist to get around/over that and with the trees in full foliage, it might be difficult to spot someone doing so. They’d have to hide their vehicle though or park a little ways down the street (which would blend in if there was a crowd at the rally).
I’m putting on my juvenile delinquent hat now. :)
I originally discounted the water tower because I didn’t think there’d be visibility of the stage over the trees, but I wasn’t thinking that someone might be way up on top. I only considered the walkway around the tank.
Actually, it’s possible that if there was someone up there, it could have been a good guy. Sniper position #3. But if so, he should have engaged the gunman on the roof earlier.