Posted on 07/16/2024 11:40:33 AM PDT by knighthawk
Was there a woman shouting for Thomas Crooks to 'get down' from the roof just as he opened fire on Donald Trump - and might he have a secret accomplice?
And why is so little known about the would-be assassin in an online age where he shunned all social media networks and platforms apart from a hardly-used Discord account.
The attempted assassination of Mr Trump has shaken the very foundations of the world's greatest democracy. The former US President was millimetres from death - but turned his head just as Crooks opened fire in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Bob. She is shouting at Bob.
Bob whi?
Bib who?
A “secret accomplice”?
Nah. This unpracticed amateur knew what type of rifle to use, what ammo to buy, knew how to use a rangefinder, knew how to take aim, breathe, and squeeze off 130 yard shots, knew that this was a largely unprotected event, knew that Trump’s main team was off in Pittsburgh covering FLOTUS, knew he had to buy a ladder, knew where to put the ladder, knew which building afforded the perfect sight he needed (even though there’s no indication he was there before on a scouting mission), knew there were no eyes in the water tower, knew there were going to be no cranes, heavy construction equipment or other barriers to his line of sight, knew that the outside perimeter was small. And many other things.
Accomplice? Nah, no way. He did it all by himself.
Pure guess — the guy shooting the video. The Mrs. can’t understand why he isn’t evacuating.
You got that right.
(Bob whi?)
Bob Barker!
"I got John Brennan on the line here, Crooks! He says abort! Get down from the roof!"
She sounds like a teacher telling a student to stop being an idiot about to get himself killed.
Given this loser was fresh out of HS and this is a small town, I wouldn’t be surprised if I am correct.
What was she shouting? “Get Down?” or “Take the shot now!”
Snipers INSIDE building watch killer scope out position but only call for backup.
One sniper inside spotted the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building and disappearing, according to the officer who spoke to CBS News. The sniper observed Crooks as he returned to the building, sat down and looked at his phone. At that point, one of the local snipers took a picture of Crooks.
Next, the local sniper observed Crooks looking through a rangefinder, an instrument routinely used by marksmen to determine the distance of a target, and he immediately radioed to the command post, according to the local law enforcement officer. The local sniper also attempted to send the photo of the gunman up the chain of command.
The command post, according to multiple law enforcement officials, served as a central hub to streamline communications between U.S. Secret Service and the local officers from nearby state and county police forces. It is unclear if the command post received the alert.
Officials then lost track of Crooks, who disappeared, but soon returned for a third time with a backpack. The local sniper team called for backup — alerting the command post that the gunman had a backpack and was walking toward the back of the building.
Assuming it was staged by the Deep State they would have had a plan to scrub his Social Media as soon as the bullets flew. It would be interesting to see the times in which any of his files were erased.
FB/IG we will never know.
X? Anything there will likely come out.
“Just one of those doggone coincidences I guess.”
Yep, what else could it be?
The shooter is 20 and has been out of high school for a while now.
Daily Mail can be Brit garbage most of the time but they do American News far superior to anything the lazy and intellectually inferior American media spins out.
Yeah, about a year and a half, from a small school.
I’m a grown man, father, and ran a multi-billion dollar oil company, and my football coach will call me “kid” at Walmart.
Its a small town. I think someone recognized him.
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