New video shows Donald Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks walking around Pennsylvania rally on attempted murder charge
Thomas Matthew Crooks, Donald Trump’s assassin, was spotted walking past merchandise stalls less than two hours before he wounded the former president.
Crooks struck Trump in the right ear during a speech at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, killing his supporter Corey Comperatore in the crowd.
Trump was shot at 6:11 p.m. by the first of eight bullets Crooks fired from the roof of a nearby building before being gunned down by a police sniper.
The gunman’s movements have been closely monitored since the shooting to determine what went wrong, but new video footage raises questions about the timeline.
An Iron Clad USA salesperson inadvertently filmed Crooks walking past his booth outside the meeting at 4:26 p.m.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, Donald Trump’s assassin, was spotted walking through merchandise stalls less than two hours before he wounded the former president.
Crooks, 20, was filmed as the camera panned across the fairground from the stall where he was selling political hats and T-shirts to show how busy it was.
In the video, Crooks was seen wearing the same gray T-shirt, created by the Demolition Ranch gun influencer page, and white shorts he was wearing when he was killed.
However, he had none of the items he had taken with him to the Butler Farm Show grounds, including the backpack that was later recovered, along with a bicycle and a rangefinder.
Crooks was spotted by police and Secret Service agents several times before the shooting, but was not stopped. This is a serious security breach that is still being investigated.
Group texts between snipers from Beaver, Butler and Washington County place Crooks in a different location at about the same time as the Iron Clad video.
Crooks was filmed as the camera panned from the stall, which sold politically-tinged hats and t-shirts, across the fairground to show how busy it was
Beaver County sniper James Woods had finished his shift and saw someone sitting at a picnic table “about 50 yards from the exit.”
He sent a text message to the group app at 4:26 a.m., the same time as the video, to warn the other snipers to keep an eye on him because he looked suspicious.
“Someone followed our lead, snuck in and parked next to our cars, just so you know,” he wrote.
“I’m letting you know because you saw me go outside with my gun and put it in my car so he knows you guys are there.”
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