Second-by-second: The attempted assassination of Trump

But somehow, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks came within centimetres of assassinating him.

Director of the Secret Service Kimberley Cheatle has told ABC News the shooting was ‘unacceptable’.

Homeland Security called it a ‘security failure’.

In this visual investigation, we’re going to show you, using footage from multiple angles and sources, what was happening while Trump was speaking and, second by second, when the threat to Donald Trump's life was first identified.

Building a detailed picture of exactly how law enforcement reacted before and immediately after shots were fired.

And a warning, there are some distressing images in this video.

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[sbeast]

How can you watch this and not consider the possibility that it was 'allowed' to happen. Like, seriously. How can the security be _that_ bad???

[floodwaters]

Head of secret service has to resign... absolute shocking.

[alexbowman]

Presumably they won’t release the radio communications.

[DCUOMultiverse]

Centimeters???
More like Millimeters... that is how close he got.

[Tobiemoss]

They tried to say the roof the shooter was on was too sloped and dangerous to man. When the roof the secret service were on is even more sloped.

[deetergee]

They would have surveillance cameras with a couple of guys monitoring them. It goes beyond incompetence. It is suspicious.

[skyak]

The only info missing is about the shooter. I have heard that his father called the local police about him hours before. This video says a photo was circulated at the event but doesn’t say why. If the father told police the kid had his AR, and the police knew he was at the event, why let DT take the stage before they had found the kid with the AR?

[esecallum]

He was in a BlackRock commercial, had 3 overseas accounts, surveilled trumps movements, used a drone to scout the area, had ample time to set up a ladder and climb up to an unmanned roof with perfect line of sight, had a burner phone, no social media, had a transmitter with explosives in his car, secret service protection was switched out and apparently not even fully made up of secret service, and who knows what else. It doesn't just not pass the smell test, it reeks.

[HowardRamsey]

A 5' nothing woman is assigned to cover the front of the 6'2" target? - I know nothing about protection but as soon as I saw that I thought - this stinks.

[jos]

these are the same 4 videos for almost a week theres gotta be better footage and angles out there were not being shown

[jolie]

They letting it happen, that is what all the facts show, this is truly horrifying

[mattgunia]

This is the best moment-by-moment analysis I've seen thus far. Excellent explanation and use of graphics. Very well done, Channel 4.

[BK-ufqr]

You’re missing the full timeline. It’s much worse.

[LivingAwake]

It takes the Brits to get more details on what’s happening.

[rosemaryohare]

Did the secret service shout Donald duck

[MouthBreather_]

What on earth were they waiting for?!?!

[anonnymous]

This doesn't even include the newer information.
Security snipers were in that building where the shooter was, they saw the shooter 3 different times, yet ignored all of it.

[johnscustomsaws]

This was very well put together... I believe there is "more to it..." but you pointed out some really interesting details in the timeline I havent seen yet... good work!

[Samsaraman]

I'm amazed that Channel 4 has produced this vid as it leaves little doubt as to how this was allowed to happen. Democracy is dead, and has been for decades, but there's hope that Channel 4 might actually go back to doing what it used to do so well - exposing the truth.

[kylefitz]

How come none of any diagrams show where the other people who got shot were sitting? Would it prove a second shooter??