Last Saturday, in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Trump was shot in the ear and narrowly saved from a fatal head wound from an assassin\u2019s bullet. Retired firefighter Corey Comperatore was fatally struck by a bullet, and two other pro-Trump rally-goers were seriously injured.<\/p>\n
Over the last week, much of the federal narrative has broken down trying to explain the events. As the sniper\u2019s body was recovered on the roof of the American Glass Research company\u2019s warehouse in Butler, Pennsylvania, within a few days it emerged that snipers were in the second floor overlooking the sniper\u2019s body in an adjoining building<\/a>.<\/p>\n One often-repeated part of the official story is that\u00a0a Butler County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy climbed on top of the roof moments prior to the shooting<\/a> to confront alleged shooter Thomas Crooks, and Crooks responded by pointing a weapon at the Deputy, who then fell off of an eight-foot ladder<\/p>\n Later reports claim that the deputy hurt his ankle and is now walking with a medical boot. Here\u2019s the New York Post repeating that story nationally<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is the relevant excerpt from the CBS Story<\/a> about the rooftop fight between the Sheriff\u2019s Deputy and Crooks:.<\/p>\n Here is the transcript:<\/p>\n Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe confirmed to KDKA-TV that an armed municipal officer with Butler Township encountered shooter Thomas Crooks before he fired shots from a rooftop building outside the perimeter of former President Trump\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n The sheriff said he was not made aware of any potential threats, but confirmed an officer encountered the shooter on the roof, and didn\u2019t fire his weapon.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I know is the officer had both hands on the roof to get up on the roof, never made it because the shooter had turned towards the officer, and rightfully and smartly, the officer let go,\u201d Sheriff Slupe said.<\/p>\n Sheriff Slupe says before the shooting, the officer and others were previously alerted to a suspicious person and began searching for him right away.<\/p>\n Sheriff Slupe said this officer was hoisted by another officer to the roof of a building where the shooter had taken a position.<\/p>\n The shooter, Crooks, focused his rifle on the officer who let go and fell off the roof. Then, the 20-year-old began firing into the crowd.<\/p>\n And here is the text from the report.<\/p>\n\n Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/p>\n Witnesses on the ground who saw the rooftop sniper say that local police did not confront the sniper moments before the shooting, and no one saw any confrontation by Crooks before shots rang out.<\/strong><\/p>\n Greg Smith, American Patriot<\/p>\n Key witness Greg Smith exclusively told the Gateway Pundit:<\/p>\n \u201cI saw him <\/strong>[the sniper] right before he shots happened, and I didn\u2019t see him turn around and confront anyone. I never saw that and it didn\u2019t happen. We asked all the people around us and in our group and we didn\u2019t see that. I heard the story about the officer falling and hurting his foot, no one saw that<\/span>. I\u2019ve heard the stories, but I have no idea what they\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Explosively, he also relates that the snipers in the 2nd floor section of the AGR building were watching the rooftop shooter as the shots rang out \u2013 and did nothing!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI was looking all around to get law enforcement\u2019s attention before the shots, and I could tell it was coming, because as I was standing there for several minutes I kept thinking \u2018why is Trump still talking?\u2019 You expect someone to be on the radio or whatever the protocol is, to get Trump off the stage. I knew this isn\u2019t good. I expected the shots to start, and then they did. It was mass chaos. I was looking at the guys on the second story<\/span><\/strong>, my eyes were jumping three or four different places, I could see that they saw him and were looking at him and watching what he was doing, but they didn\u2019t do anything<\/span>.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n Butler County Sheriffs Deputies have said that their body cameras were turned off and there is no footage available from the incident<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n Federal authorities have blamed Butler County for failing to secure the AGR Building, claiming it is outside of their \u201csecurity perimeter.\u201d Butler County has responded by saying they were only asked to take care of traffic control.<\/p>\n Local witnesses say that there was zero police presence on the ground the entire day around the AGR Building north of the Butler Farm Field where the Trump rally was held, and they saw no law enforcement whatsoever.<\/p>\n Key assassin witness Greg Smith tells the Gateway Pundit: \u201cWe didn\u2019t see a single law enforcement officer the entire time until they were running around the building looking for the guy. We didn\u2019t see a single bit of law enforcement.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n Witness Smith describes seeing snipers out of the second floor warehouse building as part of the AGR complex. Some online have speculated that these individuals were Butler County Emergency Services snipers or SWAT responders, but so far that has not been made clear and officials are not providing any answers. But the witnesses described seeing the snipers in the windows of the AGR building.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were watching us. I would look up from time to time, and we would always see them there. I gave this same testimony and descriptions about the snipers in the second floor to the State Police Detectives in my driveway,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n Smith also says that it is unrealistic to get on top of the AGR building with a five foot ladder.<\/strong> He said that it would require \u201cat least a 12 foot ladder\u201d or better to get on top of the building. Federal officials continue to maintain Crooks used a five foot ladder<\/a> to get on the roof.<\/p>\n Few details have emerged from the shooting that appear to be reliable and backed by third-parties.<\/a> Federal authorities have spoken primarily through \u2018off the record\u2019 statements to friendly media outlets.<\/p>\n Many of the details and narratives offered by the anonymous law enforcement quotes to friendly media have proven later to be false. As one example, the \u2018five foot ladder\u2019 narrative from federal authorities collapsed this week.<\/a><\/p>\n Posted images online show police vehicles underneath the nearby water tower. But whomever these law enforcement officers were, they were not seen by the collected witnesses who observed the rooftop sniper and were screaming for law enforcement to help.<\/p>\n\n A video posted on TikTok claims to see Crooks walking around the side of the AGR Complex that faced the rally<\/a>.<\/p>\n New footage has been released of Thomas Crooks walking around and looking up at the roof before he attempted to assassinate former President Trump. pic.twitter.com\/MaP1Gguv33<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Upward News (@UpwardNewsHQ) July 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n The Gateway Pundit has produced this map to help better explain where Thomas Matthew Crooks has been observed at the American Glass Research building in Butler, Pennsylvania, and points in the warehouse complex where different claims are being made.<\/p>\n\n Mainstream media has repeated the \u201cOfficer climbed to roof and confronted Crooks\u201d story.<\/p>\n\n The Butler County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy who alleges to have confronted Crooks, fallen, and injured his ankle, has not been named. Calls to the Sheriff\u2019s Office were not returned for this story, however the department had previously said it was referring all media inquiries to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n The New York Post declared the as-yet-unnamed falling-ladder Deputy as a hero<\/a>.<\/p>\n The FBI\u2019s Public Affairs Officer coordinating the media response to this incident, Bradford Arick of the Pittsburgh FBI Field Office, who responded, \u201cThe FBI continues to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and as potential domestic terrorism. We encourage the public to continue sending their tips and information. The FBI continues to determine the sequence of events and the shooters\u2019 movements prior to the shooting. I can neither confirm nor deny the information.\u201d<\/p>\n President Trump\u2019s next rally is Saturday night in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the first since the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Trump concludes a week-long Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n The post ASSASSIN EYE-WITNESS: Police Are Lying about Rooftop Confrontation of Alleged Sniper \u2013 \u201cThe Guys on the Second Floor Were Watching \u2013 But They Didn\u2019t Do Anything!\u201d<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last Saturday, in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Trump was shot in the ear and narrowly saved from a fatal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n