Just before a gunman opened fire on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., law enforcement was on the verge of a major breakthrough. They had spotted the suspicious individual, Thomas Matthew Crooks, acting oddly but lost track of him. Despite having a clear shot, Crooks managed to climb onto a warehouse roof outside the security perimeter, from where he fired at Trump and killed a rally attendee. The Secret Service, who had been warned about Crooks but didn't act on it, now faces intense scrutiny for failing to secure the area properly and for the series of missed opportunities that led to the shooting.
Butler, Pennsylvania, police enforcement was about to pull off a major policing coup, about an hour before a shooter opened fire, almost killing a former president.
At a campaign rally on Saturday, thousands of people flocked to support former President Donald J. Trump. Local police noticed one slender young guy acting strangely and alerted other law offici...
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