Posted on 07/16/2024 9:56:49 AM PDT by TigerClaws
An investigation is continuing into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, who appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Monday night — the first time he has been seen in public since he was shot and injured at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
The crowd at the convention cheered Trump, whose ear was bandaged after it was hit by a bullet on Saturday.
Details are emerging about the moments that led up to the shooting. Bystanders alerted law enforcement to the gunman on the roof of a building about 410 feet away from the stage at least two minutes before the first shot was fired at Trump, video analyzed by CBS News shows.
A local law enforcement officer with direct knowledge of the incident told CBS News three snipers — local tactical teams, deployed to assist the U.S. Secret Service — were stationed inside the building the shooter used in his attack. The operations plan had them stationed inside the building looking out windows toward the rally, scanning the crowd. The details about the three snipers were first reported by the local news outlet BeaverCountian.com.
One of the local snipers inside spotted the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building and disappearing, according to the officer. The local sniper observed Crooks as he returned to the building, sat down and looked at his phone — apparently scrolling through a newsfeed. At that point, one of the local snipers captured 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, returning moments later 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.
By the time other local officers responded to the backup request, the gunman had scaled the building, positioning himself above and behind the local snipers inside the building, according to the officer.
Two other municipal police officers who heard the call for back-up attempted to climb onto the roof. Butler County Sheriff Michael Sloupe told CBS Pittsburgh station KDKA that an armed municipal officer with Butler Township was hoisted by another officer onto the roof of the building where the gunman had taken a position. Crooks focused his rifle towards the officer who ultimately let go, falling off the roof. Moments later, the shooter began firing into the crowd.
The FBI is investigating whether the shooter was a politically motivated homegrown domestic violent extremist, and investigators are still combing through his background. Justice Department officials told reporters that investigators have the shooter's phone and were examining it at the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia.
If it turns out he was a mentally ill lone wolf it’s just another FBI lie.
Do you think Trump realizes now that he was set up?
Oswald was a lone wolf too.
Why does that ugly ho director still have an effing job?
“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.”
This is the conspirator HQ. They intentionally blocked the flow of communications.
Why was Trump allowed on the stage?????
Because her boss is a dementia-ridden retard...
Maybe Saturday night was her attempt to keep her job.
Where was the drone/helicopter surveilance??
Nowhere. Inexcusable.
We are past the point where simple incompetence can explain all the security lapses.
We now know (due to documents released in the past couple of years) that Oswald was on the second floor, not the sixth floor when the shots rang out in Dealey Plaza.
His “crime” was making change for a dollar so he could buy a coke in the break room.
There were several witness who were in the room when he and they heard shots outside their window and looked out the window to see what was happened.
The FBI took the witness testimony, gave it to the Warren Commission who then intentionally omitted it from their report.
Meanwhile the “cover story” still lives on because the mass media refuses to tell the truth—they are Mockingbird Media.
Why does the media continue to use a picture from when he was much younger.? A 20-year-old does not have smooth baby face skin.
The R’s are going to screw this up.
They ALL need to go.
The hearings should of been yesterday.
The head of the USSS has already been in media interviews saying blatantly obvious falsehoods.
I was wondering if he had been to Russia or China lately, like Oswald.
The crowd at the convention cheered Trump, whose ear was bandaged after it was hit by a bullet on Saturday.
Talk about an understatement!
“ investigation”. Who’s running the investigation? That will tell us what the answer will be.
Jamie Gorelick was nowhere to be found.
Deep State rules—always have members of the conspiracy investigate themselves.
THIS shows how inadequate law enforcement is in the technology age. Ukraine conflict reveals the era of drones is here. A drone would have seen the shooter and possibly eliminate him. Unfortunately, bad actors are now going to use drones as assassin and terror vehicles based on the pathetic lack of security at that event.
I think he's known all along that he would be set up. That's why he's always said that they're coming for us, and he's just in their way.
I think he's laying himself down for us. And JD Vance knows it, too. I don't mean JD views it as a quick path to the presidency. I think he realizes that if they take Trump out, they'll have no qualms about taking him out, too.
Freepers, I'm making a call for all of us not only to pray for Trump and Vance, but to fast one day a week for them, too. Fasting is especially pleasing to God. It is a constant prayer of your body. Every hunger pang you feel, every snack you deny yourself, is a prayer to the Lord, even when your attention is elsewhere. I have started this today, and will fast every Tuesday. It would be great if we could get him covered by prayer and fasting 7 days a week!
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