The FBI has launched an investigation into a local law enforcement officer who reportedly confronted former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassination, only to turn around and run for cover after the young man pointed his rifle at them.
Fox News reported on the probe which centers on a member of local law enforcement staffing the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. According to multiple media reports, an officer climbed a ladder to the adjacent rooftop where shooter Thomas Crooks was positioned. After Crooks turned to point his AR-15 rifle at the officer, they descended the ladder and backed away from the building. Crooks ultimately fired eight rounds from over 400 feet away, nicking President Trump’s right ear before being shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper rifleman.
Sources close to the investigation told Fox that there is “great frustration” among local officers about their indecisive colleague who may have been able to prevent a shooting that started literally seconds later. Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe previously told a local media outlet that the responding officer ducked for cover and did not engage Crooks with his own service weapon. “The officer had both hands up on the roof to get up onto the roof, [and] never made it because the shooter had turned towards the officer, and rightfully and smartfully, the officer let go,” he told KDKA-TV.
Video from the perimeter of the rally showed multiple attendees drawing attention to Crooks as he crawled for a better vantage point. His lifeless body was also captured on camera, and a shot of his face postmortem was circulated on X in the immediate aftermath. […]
– Read More: trendingpoliticsnews.com
