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Re: DEI hire
Posted By: King In Response To: Re: DEI hire (jimmyc3)
Date: Tuesday, 7-16-24, at 7:02 p.m.
It seems like the first priority should be calling it in on the radio to the others to get Trump off the stage if not going Dirty Harry.
Shooter arrived at rally security screening area more than 3 hours before assassination attempt
From CNN's John Miller and Sabrina Shulman
By 3 p.m. on Saturday, Thomas Matthew Crooks was at the security screening area for the Donald Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
He first aroused suspicion when he passed through the magnetometers carrying a rangefinder, which looks similar to a small pair of binoculars and is used by hunters and target shooters to measure distances when setting up a long-range shot, according to a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. The rangefinder would not have prevented Crooks from getting through the security screening point, but it did attract the attention of security personnel who kept an eye on him until he left the secure area.
Investigators are unsure of where Crooks went after he left the screening area but the working theory is that he went to his car to retrieve the rifle.
Around the same time witnesses alerted police that Crooks was crawling on the roof, one of the four counter-sniper teams observed Crooks looking at their position through the rangefinder, according to the senior law enforcement official.
“They were looking at him while he was looking at them,” the official said.
Crooks gained access to that rooftop by climbing on top of the building’s air conditioning system and hoisting himself up, according to a senior federal law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
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