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Lt. Matthew Pearson, the acting chief of the Butler Township Police Department, shared the bodycam footage with the. The videos show the experiences of several officers who responded before, during, and after the shooting and paint a clearer picture of how Thomas Crooks was able to fire on Trump despite being confronted.
After the officer fell from the roof, he can be seen on video sprinting to warn other police officers. He asked, “Who’s got eyes on him?” and helped a team of officers carrying rifles, who were attempting to scale the wrong part of the building, to locate Crooks. He alerted others that the shooter had a “full kit,” long hair, glasses, and a bag and that he was “laying down, prone out” on the roof.
In other footage, four officers can be seen carrying a body covered in blood to a white tent. The reactions of numerous rallygoers were also captured on video, including several who claimed to have seen the shooter die from counter-sniper fire.One rallygoer can be heard questioning how Crooks made it up to the roof unnoticed because “they got snipers on the roof.”
The Butler County Sheriff defended the officer from criticism that he didn’t do more to stop Crooks, who was just 130 yards away from the former president. He framed it as a decision between “I’m dead or I drop” — either way, the officer wasn’t going to be able to stop the shooter.
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