Oh boy,...this just gets worse and worse.
https://nypost.com/2024/07/15/us-news/counter-sniper-team-was-inside-building-where-thomas-crooks-opened-fire/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2a2w7LsGe6BYtZmewtO6mV3h8hz0ekJEik1MPztyNkmgTh1khchnSzF_E_aem_BJ0zaZVDmylsZbvNQ4zzBA
The revelation comes as local outlet WPXI reported the Crooks was spotted on the building [highlight=yellow]26 minutes before he opened fire[/highlight] — with one cop from the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit even taking a photo of the gunman before the shooting.
Also seen with a range-finder by local counter-sniper, who reported it.
https://beavercountian.com/content/daily/beaver-county-officer-warned-of-seeing-man-with-rangefinder-before-trump-was-shot
A Beaver County police officer warned a command center of seeing a man with a rangefinder before former President Donald Trump was shot on Saturday. The officer had also warned the man was scoping out the roof of the building he was stationed in as a counter-sniper, and that the man returned with a backpack before ultimately scaling the building.
That local counter-sniper also observed him checking out the roof he was under.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-shooting-statement-joe-biden-updates/#post-update-da88464a
The operations plan had them stationed inside the building looking out windows toward the Trump rally. The information about the three snipers being inside the building was first reported by BeaverCountian.com.
One of the snipers inside saw Thomas Matthew Crooks outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building and disappearing, a local law enforcement officer tells CBS News.
Crooks came back, sat down and looked at his phone. At that point, one of the snipers took a picture of him. Crooks took out a rangefinder and the sniper radioed to the command post. Crooks disappeared again and then came back a third time with a backpack. The snipers called in with information that he had a backpack and said he was walking towards the back of the building.
Officers believe that Crooks might have used an air conditioning unit to get on top of the roof.