New video shows Trump shooter climbing onto the roof at rally

ABC News has learned that heavily armed local police were stationed inside the building and missed Thomas Crooks climbing outside to the roof.

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[Rareprune]

The amount of incompetence here is astounding!

[brentkinsworthy]

The more information comes out the worse it looks.

[cyrcee]

So they confronted him amd yet no one informed the ss around trump to get him off stage?? Bs

[astapovich]

The people who allowed it are investigating lol

[jeepfam]

Why was a roof with direct line of sight just left unmonitored?

[greaseweeklygames]

Its insulting how stupid they think we are

[sluggy]

The police officer was just like "oh, sorry sir. Didnt mean to interrupt you"

[GilbertHicks-pu]

Civilians see potential threat and the secret service doesn't. That's crazy.

[bradsilcox]

as soon as she said sloped roof she needed to resign or be fired. the fact you left that out of the interview is appalling.

[electricmessiah]

So a 20 year old climbed on to the police’s roof with a rifle and no one noticed? Sure……

[MelissaJordan-gwhp]

So, a "kid" fooled them all?!!!?

[seanzibonanzi]

So an officer confronted the shooter, had the rifle drawn on him and just retreated? This is beyond fishy

[robertaustin]

I have 36 years of positive experience in law enforcement, believe me she needs to be fired. Total failure, she brings shame to my career.

[carmelorsinger]

How did a man walk two blocks from his car carrying a rifle and nobody saw this or thought it was strange ?

[DonBistrow]

SS Director shouldn't be doing TV interviews she have been fired on Saturday.

[EnglishdaysshortsS]

They confronted him, but no one alerted the Secret Service around Trump to remove him from the stage?

[DiceRolls]

A lot of these commenters must be trolls… I live in the US, spent 10 years in Texas, 18 in Missouri, 3 in Florida, 3 in Oregon, 2 in Kentucky… and I have NEVER seen someone carrying an AR-15. I’ve only seen a handful of people noticeably carrying handguns.

The idea that this guy wouldn’t have caused suspicion freely walking around with an AR-15 because “it’s America and everyone carries guns” is just dumb.

[keyser]

"A local police officer confronted" the shooter but "fell when the gun was pointed his way" and then they just move on with no further details. Umm... does this local police officer have a name? Do you suppose he might be worth finding and interviewing? Was there bodycam footage? What is that officer's testimony? "I fell, and then went about my day" doesn't quite seem like the full story. Was the officer not prepared to confront the person? Was he not sent with backup? Aren't these basic questions a journalist or news network might want to ask and have answered?

[tactics]

The buck stops with you? Then if you have any ounce of integrity, you would resign.

[karoleenascottage]

This is not new. Sky News Australia had this information online within hours of the shooting. Why are US sources taking so long to show this?