A sniper cut down 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks within seconds of him firing an AR-style rifle toward the former president, but it was too late.
This aerial photo of the Butler Farm Show, site of the Saturday, July 13, 2024 Trump campaign rally, shown Monday, July 15, 2024 in Butler, Pa.
"You don't get to blame other people. They are under your control," said Kephart, now a consulting expert on law enforcement event security.of the attempted assassination. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he has "full confidence" in the Secret Service's leadership, but he conceded that the gunman never should have reached that deadly position.
The officer dropped back down to safety when the gunman turned and pointed his rifle at him, according to Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe. "He was literally dangling from the edge of a building and took the defensive position he needed to at that time. He couldn't hold himself up," Knights said.
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