During Saturday’s election rally, presidential candidate Donald Trump was the victim of an assassination attempt that left a toll of a dead assistant and two injured. Eyewitnesses report that They observed the shooter,Thomas Matthew Crooksclimbing onto a rooftop with a rifle and trying to alert the authorities without success.

“Yes, someone is on the roof”several attendees could be heard saying, as they recorded Crooks’ dangerous climb. “He’s down, see him?” one of them said, highlighting the shooter’s strategic position. Ryan Knight, one of the witnesses, recounted: “A guy next to me looks over and says ‘he’s got a gun, he’s got a gun.’ I look over the building and There was a man pointing a rifle“The distressed attendants informed the officers present, who did not act promptly.

A local police officer attempted to arrest Crooksclimbing onto the roof, but was forced to retreat when he was threatened with the gun. At that critical moment, Crooks fired, killing one aide and wounding two others before being shot down by Secret Service snipers.

The situation raises serious questions about the security breachesd. “You have the Secret Service, which is very close to Donald Trump, you have a second level, which is the local police, the state police,… and then there are the snipers,” explained Emilio Doménech of ‘Newtral’. Despite this structure, the threat was not neutralized in time, and Trump was exposed even after the first attack.

Shortly before the incident, local police received multiple calls about the shooter’s presence. Greg, another witness, said, “We noticed the guy was was crawling on the roof of a nearby building15 meters away from us. He had a rifle, we could clearly see him with a rifle.” However, efforts to alert law enforcement were unsuccessful. “The shooter was up there for absolutely at least three or four minutes. We were aiming at him for the Secret Service, who were watching us from the top of a barn. They were watching us the whole time,” Greg added.