That's a lot of logistics, and he lived at least an hour away from the venue - thus would not be expected to be significantly familiar with the site in Butler or intricate details of the surroundings.
Further, from what I can gather from the internet the rally and venue weren't announced until July 3rd, thus there wasn't a lot of lead time to plan this out. Did he travel to the venue in Butler from his home (~50 miles away) prior to the rally in order to plan out what he was going to do? When did he arrive in Butler? Was he staying in town, or did he just drive there from home that day? How would that allow him enough time to plan everything?
He would have had to hear about the event on July 3rd, make a decision that he would target President Trump at that venue, and then accomplish all the above pre-planning in the relatively short time prior to the event. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it does raise more questions - particularly about whether or not he had help or had a source familiar with the event, venue, and surroundings.
Ask AI those questions.
Excellent analysis. It makes the notion that this was an unplanned, spontaneous, unaided event more dubious. The gross dereliction of the Secret Service in securing the venue are now beginning to seem more than mere coincidence.
Well that aerial view of the event location that we have all been seeing since Sat. is easily available.
Google earth satellite, address= 615 Whitestown Road Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 USA.
So the punk could see the lay of the land
without leaving his filthy bedroom. It is pretty obvious those Glass Research buildings would be probably his only opportunity. He wouldn’t know the layout of the Grandstands / Podium, maybe blind luck on getting a clear shot or something much more sinister.