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Police Officer Confronted Trump Gunman and then Backed Off

Local law enforcement confronted the gunman and retreated, allowing him to fire on Donald Trump

The FBI has announced that “there’s going to be a long investigation” into how Trump was shot

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A local police officer confronted Trump’s would-be assassin on the roof and then backed off, allowing the gunman to fire before he was killed by Secret Service agents.

According to the Associated Press, the police officer climbed onto the roof where Thomas Matthew Crooks was laying with his rifle and then retreated when Crooks pointed his gun at him. Crooks then fired on the former president before being killed.

This fresh revelation about law enforcement’s behaviour on Saturday raises further questions about the security measures that were in place and about the capabilities and motivations of the men and women assigned to protect Trump at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Eyewitnesses have described attempting to warn Secret Service and law enforcement about the presence of a gunman multiple times in the minutes before he opened fire.

One man, a local Trump supporter, told BBC News how he and a group of others desperately tried to alert police and Secret Service to the gunman’s location, only to be ignored.

An FBI spokesman told reporters that “there’s going to be a long investigation” into how Trump was shot.

“We’re still working through the security apparatus that the Secret Service had in place, what potentially happened” the spokesman said at a press conference.

“There’s going to be a long investigation into exactly what took place and how the individual was able to get access to the location, what type of weapon he had—all that is really days, weeks and months of investigation.”

“How was he able to get off four or five shots?” a reporter then asked.

“It is surprising. But again, all the details of that will come out in investigation.”

The gunman’s motive and connections remain unclear at present.

Bombmaking equipment was found inside his vehicle and during a search of his home in Bethel, Pennsylvania. The devices have been described by the FBI as “rudimentary.”

The media has been quick to suggest Crooks is right-wing, because he was registered as a Republic voter in his home state, but federal campaign finance reports show he donated money to a progressive PAC on the day of Biden’s inauguration.


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