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Alleged Trump shooter spotted by law enforcement nearly 30 minutes before shots fired, sources say
WPXI ^ | 7/15/24 | Channel 11

Posted on 07/15/2024 2:36:59 PM PDT by hardspunned

BUTLER, Pa. — Channel 11 news uncovered dramatic new details Monday in the moments leading up to the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. According to multiple law enforcement sources, Thomas Crooks was spotted by law enforcement on a roof nearly 30 minutes before shots were fired that injured Trump, killed a former fire chief, and injured two others in the crowd.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 30minutes; assassinationattempt; donutwatch; leos; police; secretservice; thomascrooks
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To: hardspunned

None of this makes sense

He was spotted on the roof of the building used a police staging area 30 mins before??

Thomas Crooks scrambled onto the roof and opened fire was the staging area for the local police tactical team that was watching over the crowd, two law enforcement officials told ABC News.


21 posted on 07/15/2024 2:46:49 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: hardspunned

Cops “Hey look up there, a young person with a rifle..what could he be up to..lets wait and see”


22 posted on 07/15/2024 2:47:15 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: hardspunned

We are in a new age, an age these large powerful government agency has not taken into account.

In the case of the JFK assassination information could be controlled with the help of a compliant news media.

Today, any event like this there will be hundreds if not thousands of videos from many different directions makeing it difficult for the government to control the flow on information.

Already someone has posted a side by side view showing the shooter on one side and Trump giving his speech on the other. It is clear that the first alarm was raised two full minutes before the first shot was fired, also cleared they were people in the crowd shouting “he has a gun” and pointing to the guy on the roof clearly visible.

It is going to be hard for the SS to spin this.


23 posted on 07/15/2024 2:47:46 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: V_TWIN

Not only should Corey’s family sue, but Trump should sue too..he was centimeters from being executed on live TV


24 posted on 07/15/2024 2:47:58 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BenLurkin

Commercial roofs often have a parapet at the perimeter to improve building appearance and catch / direct rainwater. He was crawling along the inside of the parapet. The parapet appears to be only 12 inches high (or so) so you can see his rump, back and head frequently as he slithers along.

Where he was hiding for the 30 minutes is a good question. The photos of that roof show there are no structures or appurtenances on the roof — not even ventilator or vent pipe discharges. It’s a uniquely flat and clean roof with no hiding places.


25 posted on 07/15/2024 2:49:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: wildcard_redneck

The short chubby supposed Secret Service chick who had apparently never held a firearm before was from DEA is what I read.


26 posted on 07/15/2024 2:50:16 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: larrytown

Good points.


27 posted on 07/15/2024 2:52:09 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: BenLurkin
Except this drone picture showing the investigators on the roof shows no apparent parapet. Yet the video taken by witnesses on the ground showed him hiding behind a parapet.


28 posted on 07/15/2024 2:52:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: cpdiii
If this is accurate we have incomprehensible incompetence or something worse.

It's the latter and not the former.

29 posted on 07/15/2024 2:53:03 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: janetjanet998
Oh dear, no one checked. Anyone who showed up and stood there was presumably law enforcement. Good God. No one knew anyone. No one had to confirm they were who they were pretending to be.

Kind of like that couple who showed up at Obama's swanky party at the WH. Uninvited. Mingled with guests. No one knew who they were.

Incompetence across the board with Democrats.

30 posted on 07/15/2024 2:53:11 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Let’s wait and see what he’s up to. But don’t worry, if he shoots at the President, we’ll take him out.”


31 posted on 07/15/2024 2:53:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: wildcard_redneck

A friend looked it up, SS is no longer in the Dept. of the Treasury.

They are in DHS now and have been since 2003 or so.


32 posted on 07/15/2024 2:55:21 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“I sure hope there is a complete investigation and not a white wash.”

And I hope that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy bring me all sorts of cool presents.


33 posted on 07/15/2024 2:55:40 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

In thirty minutes they could have had somebody go up to “check” on him.


34 posted on 07/15/2024 2:55:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: hardspunned

Bookmark


35 posted on 07/15/2024 2:57:43 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: nickcarraway

“”””””I would think that is more than enough time to shoot him.””””””

If an agent’s sunglasses are not new, sometimes they have loose hinges and require a lot of constant attention, it can be distracting.


36 posted on 07/15/2024 2:58:13 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Sarah Barracuda

But the bigger this thing gets, the more people must be in the inner circle and know what’s really going on. At some point, that headcount becomes impossibly large.

“Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”


37 posted on 07/15/2024 2:58:30 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: hardspunned
Welll...Someone had a 'camera shot' before he was taken down....


38 posted on 07/15/2024 3:01:16 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: packagingguy

They pulled in treasury agents which are a different agency than the SS. Why were they substituted in shortly before we get an assassination attempt?


39 posted on 07/15/2024 3:05:02 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: caww

Does anyone know if the shooter had a scoped rifle?


40 posted on 07/15/2024 3:05:12 PM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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