A source familiar with the investigation told CNN that inside the building, where an armed man climbed onto the roof and tried to shoot former President Donald Trump during his campaign rally on July 13 in There were snipers in Pennsylvania. He said that the local sniper group was from the Butler County Emergency Services unit, the American TV channel notes today, July 16.
According to the source, the group was on the second floor, "providing surveillance of the crowd at the rally."
Thus, we can state another evidence of a serious failure of the US special services, which are responsible for protecting officials.
A forensic examination showed that shots were fired from three types of weapons at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last Saturday.
The day before, proposals were announced to send the director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, "on vacation" amid close attention to the actions of the special service to investigate the assassination attempt Trump.
Recall that the former president of the United States was wounded in the ear as a result of the shooting. The FBI is investigating the incident as an attempted murder. The shooting was staged by a 20-year-old resident of the specified state, Thomas Matthew Crooks. He was shot dead on the spot by a sniper's return fire.