Local police who were assigned by the Secret Service to help spot threats in the crowd at Donald Trump's rally Saturday were inside the building where a gunman had positioned himself on the roof to shoot at the former president, according to a Secret Service official briefed on the incident. From inside the Agr International building, they spotted a man acting furtively, walking back and forth around the building with some gear, and radioed a Secret Service command post to alert them, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. The Washington Post reported in a video analysis Monday that bystanders at the Trump rally in Butler, Pa., warned local police that they had seen a man clambering onto the roof of the building. A video posted to social media shows one man shouting "Officer! as others point toward the building.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2024 14:25 UTC