Trump rally shooter identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks | LiveNOW from FOX

TRUMP NEWS LATEST: Former President Trump was shot in the ear in an ‘attempted assassination’ during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Trump was swarmed and covered by Secret Service agents. Trump quickly jumped up after his face was streaked with blood and exclaimed, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” The suspect was shot dead by agents. One person who attended the rally was killed and two other attendees were critically hurt.

The FBI identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Crooks was a registered Republican, according to state voter records. The FBI told reporters the agency has taken the lead in investigating the attack.

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[snowmcsnow]

Cops where alerted by several people who saw the man on the roof with the riffle before he fired; the cops did nothing.

[sarasings]

What BS. Security failed Donald Trump. They left that rooftop unsecured! A rooftop with a clear view of the president. 3 rooftops, two of them secured, and the one rooftop with the clearest view what's left unsecured. What went wrong? Everybody knows what went wrong!

[erikvaldur]

A witness didn't say he saw something " out of place". He told police he saw a guy with a rifle crawling up a roof . It's a little different than " out of place".
Who is this droopy dog sounding guy?

[anng.]

Ridiculous that they would have excluded a flat roof 120 yards away as "outside the zone". Ridiculous that local police would have dismissed reports from citizens who spotted the shooter. And what arial surveillance? Drones would have easily picked up someone crawling around on a roof... did the Secret Service actially deployed any?

[roroneto]

Security detail failed to secure a high point. The investigation needs to focus on this. Why, how, who decided this wasn't important.

[TheHi]

Ronald Reagan 43 years ago not 34 years

[johnmckinley]

Sounds like secret service needs retrain because a Trump supporter was telling cops and authorities that a man was on the roof 😢

[skblack]

How did a guy in camo with a rifle & ladder not get noticed by the secret service or police, While the crowd is yelling and pointing at the guy? How is that possible?

[joenagbe]

All the security on the ground need to be investigated

[WesB]

I would be more afraid of having the FBI in charge of the investigation. Everyone knows who they work for and it is not the side of justice for all.

[greengateacreshomestead]

Secret Service failed, police failed.

[huh]

The FBI should not be allowed anywhere near this investigation!!!

[JLa]

This is strange. Isn't it? Don't believe everything at face value but rather, question everything. ❤

[wilde.coyote]

Terrible what this country is coming to

[roygorman]

Not too reassuring, having the FBI investigating anything!

[rustyaxelrod]

I guess there’s not a whole lot to say at this point but dang…an 18min video with 45 seconds worth of information.

[deenyc]

So there were people yelling to the cops that there was a guy on the roof with a gun and as usual the police proves how useless they are by ignoring the witnesses.

[burtcooper]

They dropped the ball on security. Trump, "You`re all fired"!

[kennacurry]

Reports I read last night claimed that requests for more agents were denied.

[nuupster]

how did the shooter know that that building was unsecured? How did he know he could get on the roof of that building in broad daylight with a rifle without being contacted by authorities? Nobody would risk carrying a rifle in public unless they knew their path was clear.