A new video angle leading up to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump shows the shooter Thomas Crooks walking across the AGR building roof as Trump is speaking to a crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The video taken from James Copenhaver, one of the victims who was critically wounded on July 13, shows from Trump’s perspective Crooks sprinting across the American Glass Research roof while the former president was speaking.
A video from James Copenhaver, one of the victims critically wounded in the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Trump, shows a figure moving across the roof of the American Glass Research (AGR) building just minutes before gunfire rang out at Trump’s rally in… pic.twitter.com/3fvwVQwH3X
— UnboundedLife (@unboundedlife1) July 31, 2024
The video was captured at 6:08 pm EST, approximately 3 minutes before Crooks fired at least 8 shots at Trump before he was eliminated by a counter-sniper.
The 18-second video further raises questions about the Secret Service’s security measures and how the 20-year-old shooter was able to so freely position himself at such a close proximity to Trump.
The building Crooks fired from was just 130 yards from where Trump spoke and had a clear view of the stage pic.twitter.com/RFVLCVJdcy
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) July 16, 2024
Human Events editor Jack Posobiec noted that the footage shows Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe “lied” to the Senate on Tuesday about the shooter was laying in the prone position most of the time before firing at Trump.
This video proves that the acting Secret Service Director lied yesterday. The shooter wasn’t prone the whole time at all, he was running around https://t.co/oWq8tvkW2O
— Jack Poso
(@JackPosobiec) July 31, 2024
Copenhaver was discharged from the Allegheny General Hospital on July 26 but is still recovering in a rehabilitation center, according to attorney Joseph Feldman.
Copenhaver was hit twice, first sustaining a shot to his arm and the second was to his abdominal area, he added.