According to a statement, three guns were positioned inside the building where Thomas Matthew Crooks, a potential murderer, fired shots at Donald Trump on Saturday during his campaign protest in Butler, Pennsylvania.
CBS News reported that three” counter-snipers” from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, were positioned inside the building “looking out panels toward the Trump march” as part of the security for the Trump march.
BeaverCountain.com, a regional news channel, cited law enforcement officials from three counties who were responsible for securing the area around the Secret Service boundary at Saturday’s march. According to the report, leaders claimed there was no safety on the roof of the inventory building and that they did not have the necessary manpower or planning.
According to CBS News, one of the snipers apparently observed the suspect staring at the ceiling of the inventory building and that he then came a second day, sat down, and began to look at his phone. The think left before making a second turn back toward the tower. The suspect then began walking toward the rear of the inventory building while carrying a handbag.
Officials have indicated that the suspect could have used an air conditioning unit to help him walk up the side of the building, according to The Daily Wire, even though it is not yet clear how he managed to climb to the top of it. Additionally, according to the outlet, it was too late to mitigate the suspect before he could launch a shotgun at the former president, even though law enforcement called for storage when the suspect was on the ceiling.
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Olivia Rinaldi, a CBS News writer, shared the news on Monday of the guns located in the inventory building, blogging,” Stunning new information from CBS News , on how surprise company guns noticed the gunman before the Trump rally in Butler, PA on Saturday. According to a local law enforcement official with clear understanding, there were three guns stationed INSIDE the building the sniper was on.
Rinaldi explained that one of the guns photographed Crooks after he disappeared while staring at the tower before returning and sitting close to it. One of the sharpshooters then took a photo of him, she continued.
According to the CBS writer, one of the snipers called the order post after Crooks” took out a variety locator.” The guns officially informed the command article that the suspect was carrying a backpack and had been seen escorting the suspect’s back to the warehouse creating when he returned a second time with a handbag.
