Paris told lawmakers about the communications between the Secret Service and local law enforcement who initially spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin.
Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris' striking testimony comes just one day after now-resignedbefore the House Oversight Committee and largely declined to answer questions about the shooting at the former president's Pennsylvania rally.
The lawmakers watched video taken during a congressional tour of the rally site on Monday, from the building where the ESU officers left their post, showing the roof where Crooks eventually climbed and took shots at Trump. Police snipers return fire after shots were fired while Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump was speaking at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
Paris said that the brief confrontation came as a pair of local officers who had learned of Crooks' position on the roof attempted to climb up and confront the shooter. According to Paris, "there was a text thread going" with members of the Butler County Emergency Services Unit, some of whom initially spotted Crooks and reported him as a suspicious individual.
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