That report sounds like agency disinformation, or somebody with a hyperactive imagination. (No, I don't mean you, mass55th. I mean the "original" source of that report)
The TMZ video (purchased from a witness) is extremely clear about what happened at the shooter site. There were no police contacts with the assassin before the shooting.
The "Deep State" spin machine is already working to inject false information into forums to cover what they just did and failed to complete. We also run the risk of doing it to ourselves with confirmation bias.
Be wary of stories that sound too much like something you want to believe but include off-the-wall details which cannot possibly be true.
I have been fooled before, and I will be fooled again. The deceivers are very skilled. But I don't stay fooled very long.
The eyewitness who filmed the shooter on the roof was just on Fox. He said the policeman climbed the side of the building (No Ladder) and was holding on from the roof and he just fell down to the ground after the perp aimed at him. He made no mention of a ladder and clearly said the cop climbed the side of the building. Cop couldn’t neutralize perp because he was hanging from the roof, he dropped to ground when perp spotted him.
Need the Laura Ingram replay from Fox 7pm show.