How Donald Trump’s Attempted Assassination Unfolded | WSJ

Two Secret Service sniper teams could be seen on rooftops behind former President Donald Trump, positioning themselves toward the shooter less than two minutes before gunfire erupted at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday.

Chapters:
0:00 Trump said a bullet struck him in the ear
0:33 Layout of the attack
1:35 Secret service agents rush to pull Trump to the ground

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[noxianmind]

A 20 year old finds a fatal flaw in Secret Service security that random bystanders noticed. Something is very wrong.

[noxianmind]

The Secret Service literally face the shooter with clear sight... WHAT?

[M_butterfly.-tfbd]

How can the Secret Service absolutely FAIL to secure surrounding buildings?! I don’t get it.
How is it that people in the crowd noticed a guy crawling on a roof but not the Secret Service?!

[mischifhn]

1 - The shooter at Trump’s rally was spotted acting suspiciously near the event, Authorities announced over radio to keep an eye on him, and this info was passed to Secret Service. - CNN
2 - The shooter made it to the roof with a full rifle kit as TWO witness's saw him and say they were telling authorities and screaming about him for an estimates 3 - 4 min - BBC
3 - A standard sniper-spotter team tasked with covering such a critical direction waits an estimated 42 seconds after looking directly at the shooter, allowing him to take 5 shots at Trump
4 - The secret service decides its ok to keep Trump on stage for an extended period of time where he's able to face and actually address the crowd with an active shooter
5 - The secret service didn't think of securing the high point and advantage area over the event...

[UnkklRico]

How was the suspect able to crawl on one of the only roofs within range? This is beyond sketchy.

[KoH]

Ever feel like you're being lied to in every direction you look?

[Marcovian]

Why did both the police and the Secret Service ignore for 3 minutes people pointing and yelling about a gunman calling up the back side of a roof?!?!

[gojira_aaa]

Rip to the father protecting his 2 kids on that day...

[donaldpetersen]

Beyond strange that the Secret Service allowed Trump to keep walking around when people are screaming gun.

[mistaJ.]

Nah there’s so many questions to this. Why is there so happen to be 2 snipers clearly looking at the suspect and not take action sooner? Why were police ignoring people saying there was a guy with a rifle on a roof? Was Trump getting set up?

[derekbeattie]

Clearly, the secret service are complicit.

[dutchweeks]

So the secret service failed to check the only other building in the area...

[johngarcia]

This is what american politics has become while they tax us to fund it

[richardmurray]

Secret Service supposed to be able to see just the tip of a rifle barrel sticking out of a window but can't see a guy with a rifle out in the open on a white roof top in broad daylight????

[domnfg]

I was there at the rally in butler. I had excellent cell service from my seat about 20 feet from Trumps podium. Once the guest speakers started coming out I lost I cell service to the point when I couldn't send a text. Just said "SOS" this lasted until about 90 minutes after the assassination attempt. I talked to others who also said they abruptly lost signal.

[edwarddeere]

Way too weird for it to just be “incompetence”

[jjjjx]

There was a ladder left there to access the rooftop. Who put it there? How did he know it was there?

[Twilightsummerbreeze]

Setting up for the first time after Trump is already there????

[Cuckmoneyproductions]

So they knew a shooter was there the whole time ?

[robertdaone]

The fact that the gunman was able to carry a ladder along with his rifle past security is baffling! It really tells you all you need to know about what happened.