November 22, 2024
An attendee interviewed by the BBC at the Pennsylvania campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot Saturday said he saw a man crawling on a roof with a rifle and tried to warn authorities. "We noticed a guy bear-crawling up the roof" and he was carrying a rifle,...

An attendee interviewed by the BBC at the Pennsylvania campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot Saturday said he saw a man crawling on a roof with a rifle and tried to warn authorities.

“We noticed a guy bear-crawling up the roof” and he was carrying a rifle, the man told the news outlet, noting this was happening 50 feet away from him.

The witness said that he tried to get the attention of law enforcement and wondered why Trump had not been pulled from the stage, given the clear security breach.

“I’m standing there pointing at him for two to three minutes. Secret Service is looking at us,” the man recounted.

“Next thing you know, five shots rang out,” he said.

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The rally attendee said he was “100 percent” certain the guy crawling on the roof had fired the shots.

He said the Secret Service agents, from their vantage point, probably could not see the man crawling up because the roof was slanted away from the venue.

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The man said the Secret Service agents did return fire and killed the gunman.

“They crawled up on the roof and made sure he was dead,” the man added.

The Secret Service confirmed in a statement the gunman was “neutralized.”

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“Why was there not Secret Service on all of these roofs?” the attendee asked. “This is not a big place.”

Others wondered the same thing.

Former New York City police officer John Cardillo posted on X, “Shooter was about 150 yards from Trump on a rooftop with a direct line of sight to the stage.”

“It defies every security protocol ever written that this rooftop was not secured, and law enforcement personnel were not standing up there.”

This is still a developing story.

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2024 election, Donald Trump

Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he joined the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book “We Hold These Truths” and screenwriter of the political documentary “I Want Your Money.”

Birthplace

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Nationality

American

Honors/Awards

Graduated dean’s list from West Point

Education

United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law

Books Written

We Hold These Truths

Professional Memberships

Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars

Location

Phoenix, Arizona

Languages Spoken

English

Topics of Expertise

Politics, Entertainment, Faith