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Snipers were stationed inside the building where a gunman climbed the roof and attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the investigation tells CNN.

The source said the local sniper team hailed from the Butler County Emergency Services Unit.

The team, according to the source, was located on the second floor providing overwatch of the crowd at the rally.

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

I suppose the term Keystone Kops would be appropriate now. How in the ever loving fuck do you not know to secure the rooftops?

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Complacency.

They're not Clint Eastwood in the movie "In the Line of Fire." They probably get bored and make mistakes when they cover speech after speech after speech.

Not excusing, just explaining.

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

In the same vein, hearing people warn about a sniper on the roof might have been assumed to be other secret service, not a random person.

[-] JesusSon@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

One source told me there were snipers stationed at your mom's house as well.

[-] fern@lemmy.autism.place 31 points 3 months ago

I'm actually currently stationed on top of your mom, about to open fire.

[-] JesusSon@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago
[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Fire in the hole

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

So did they hear him bellyflopping his way up the roof and just think it was the wind or something? jfc

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The eye witness claiming he saw the sniper crawling on the roof, didn't he see the snipers inside the building as well?

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