Donald Trump Shooting: Many revelations are being made after the attack on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, America. The attacker has been identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was a resident of the Butler County area. His age was 20 years. As soon as the former President was attacked, his secret agent immediately killed the attacker. Trump was injured in the firing, apart from him two other people attending the rally were also injured. One person has died in this attack.
At the same time, an eyewitness present there during the firing has made many shocking revelations. He told that before the attack, he had warned the police and Secret Service about the suspicious activity taking place on the rooftop. He had also told the police about having a rifle there.
What did the eyewitnesses of the attack on Trump tell?
The eyewitness told in an interview to BBC, “I saw that a suspect was lying down and taking aim on the roof of the building in front of us, who was about 50 feet away from us. We saw the suspect lying down on the roof and taking aim. Were pointing towards.” He further said, “He had a rifle, which we could clearly see. The police were patrolling here and there on the ground below and we kept telling them that there was a man on the roof with a rifle. However, The police ignored our requests.”
Secret Service ignored us after seeing us: Eyewitness
The eyewitness further said, “When we were pointing at the suspect, the Secret Service was looking at us and the next thing I remember there was gunfire.” During the interview, when he was asked, are you sure that the suspect on the rooftop shot at Trump? To this he said, “One hundred percent, because that person was on the roof for at least 4 minutes and during this time he was continuously aiming towards Trump.”
Bullet fired from a distance of 120 meters
Let us tell you that during this deadly attack, 78-year-old Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot in the upper part of his right ear, due to which he narrowly escaped. The attacker also killed a Trump supporter present at the rally. Along with this, two other supporters were seriously injured. The attack took place from the rooftop of a manufacturing company, about 120 meters from the stage from where Trump was giving his speech. All the leaders have also condemned this attack on Trump during the election campaign.