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The ceiling the perpetrator shot from during the election meeting on Saturday was already a concern for the Secret Service. Two sources tell the TV channel NBC. The two are said to have been closely involved in the security assessments in connection with the election campaign meeting in Pennsylvania. – Someone should have been on the roof or secured the building so no one could get on the roof, says one source to the channel. The suspected shooter was on a roof less than 150 meters from the rostrum where Donald Trump was standing. The others who were hit, killed and injured were, among other things, in the stands behind the presidential candidate. Graphics: map base Airbus / Google Earth, graphics Øyvind Bye Skille/news The suspected shooter was on a roof less than 150 meters from the lectern where Donald Trump stood. The others who were hit, killed and injured were, among other things, in the stands behind the presidential candidate. Graphics: map base Airbus / Google Earth, graphics Øyvind Bye Skille/news During the election event in Butler, Pennsylvania, snipers were placed on a roof behind Trump. No one is said to have secured the building the shooter climbed up on. Videos show that people at the event saw the shooter crawl onto the roof and position himself with a weapon. Several shout that there is someone on the roof. The FBI has identified the perpetrator who shot at Donald Trump as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Pennsylvania. “Local police area” The Secret Service, which was responsible for security, says the shooter fired his weapon from outside the event. According to NBC, a spokesman for the Secret Service, Anthony Guglielmi, has said that they considered the roof the shooter was on to be local police territory. This should be common at outdoor election events, according to Guglielmi. However, Butler State Attorney Richard Goldinger says the Secret Service was also responsible for security outside the area. Eyewitness Greg Smith says he saw a man with a gun on a roof just before the shooting at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. Observed by police According to Butler County Police Chief Michel Slupe, police received a report of a suspicious person outside the meeting. During the search, the man was discovered on the roof outside the area. He then pointed the weapon at a policeman, who sought cover to save his life. The alleged perpetrator Thomas Matthew Crooks lifeless on the roof he shot from. Photo: Twitter Soon after, the perpetrator fired between 6-8 shots at a distance of less than 150 meters from the scene. Trump was shot in the ear, and another bystander was killed during the incident. The shooter was also shot and killed. The incident is now being investigated as an assassination attempt, and the FBI is leading the investigation. – There will be a long investigation into exactly what happened, how the person managed to gain access to the place and what type of weapon he had. All this is days, weeks and months of investigation, says Kevin Rojeck of the FBI to CNN. The assassination attempt against Donald Trump is about to change the American election campaign. Both Biden and Trump are now talking about uniting the nation. But will the voters? Published 15.07.2024, at 17.38 Updated 15.07.2024, at 17.57



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