I see now where I was mistaken about the ladder. I was thinking of a commercial sized ladder and a taller building. Apparently, the building wasn’t much over head high. He used a 5ft ladder which he purchased on Friday. To me that’s what I call a “step ladder”.
From CNN:
“Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter at the Trump rally, went to the rifle range at the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club in Pennsylvania on Friday, according to a senior law enforcement official.
On Saturday morning, the shooter went to Home Depot and bought a five-foot ladder before going to the gun store and purchasing the 50 rounds of ammunition, the source said.
Later that afternoon, Crooks drove to the rally site in Butler, where CNN previously reported he was spotted by local law enforcement acting suspiciously by the magnetometers outside the event, and then not spotted again until he was perched on that roof.
Authorities are still working toward retracing all of his activities in the days leading up to the shooting and have asked the public for help in building out the full picture of his movements. “
I just looked at the photo of the ladder on Daily Mail.
I counted 10 ladder rungs, typically that is a 10-foot ladder. The ladder does not look to be an extension ladder, Maybe a folding ladder, but does not look like that either.
And the building looks to be about 12-14 feet tall, with she connecting ‘hallway’ at 10 feet.
This 5-foot ladder report is suspect to me. Where is it, if it is not ‘my’ 10 footer.
And purchased 50 rounds? 223/5.56 is often in 20-round boxes. so that is 20. 40. or 60. Maybe the store has a ‘50 round special’?