I am a short female and regularly carry an aluminum extension ladder that is 10 foot when not extended. It fits in my truck just fine, only sticks out the back end over the tailgate two feet.
If an older lady like me can do it to clean people’s gutters a young man of 20 should find it easy. But doing it without being seen us another matter, if there was anyone stationed over at that building, as there should have been.
The ladder was probably there already, either as part of the site’s equipment or brought by the shooter or a helper days before, but it would have been on the side of the building away from the view of people at the rally.
“I am a short female and regularly carry an aluminum extension ladder that is 10 foot when not extended. It fits in my truck just fine, only sticks out the back end over the tailgate two feet.”
You “regularly” carry the 10ft ladder. As a dietician’s aide, how often do you think the shooter handles a ladder of any kind? Your ladder, when not extended, fits in your truck but do you carry it in your car? Also, that ladder looked to be a heavier and taller commercial type ladder that would be a little bit harder to man-handle unless it is someone who does it on a regular basis. That’s all I’m saying. It just seems out of character for the guy from what we have learned about him thus far. He didn’t look exactly muscular and from what I’ve heard he wasn’t very athletic.
Where did the ladder come from? When was it placed in that spot? Who placed it there?