We don’t know anything about the ladders yet, he bought a 5 foot ladder that if intended for and taken to the shooting could have been to get on top of an A/C unit, or past the locked barrier on a built in permanent ladder, or onto something else for a path to the roof.
The 12 foot ladder we don’t know if it was already in place or if the law has been using it since the shooting, if it had been in place surely the SS removes or locks off things like that rather than just leaving them in place.
“We don’t know anything about the ladders yet, he bought a 5 foot ladder...”
It’s very obvious that it isn’t a five foot ladder he used to get on top of the roof.
In reference to your post #54, it makes little sense for any LEO to choose that spot to place a ladder to gain access to the roof. It’s out of the way & one has to maneuver the ladder thru that shrubbery.
There are easier access points for that size of a ladder.
Overall, as usual, there’s too many questions & we as Americans likely won’t hear the truth about what led up to the shooting.
The SS is at this moment trying to generate a believable story before releasing anything.