Officers left post overlooking roof before shooter ascended: State police commissioner

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Two local officers stationed inside a building overlooking the roof from which Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Trump left their post moments before the shooter ascended, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) told a House committee on Tuesday.

The Butler Emergency Services Unit (ESU), a SWAT-trained team of area law enforcement, were the first to identify Crooks as a suspicious person after he failed to enter the venue ahead of Trump’s speech, according to interviews conducted by the PSP.

After identifying Crooks as a suspicious person, the two officers, situated on the second story of the building located right next to the building Crooks eventually shot from, left their post to search for Crooks on the ground.

 
So they watched him 40 mins and fly a drone, use his range finder watched him while he was on the roof 20 mins, some left their post...and it wasn't till after he fired off 8 rounds they decided to do something
 
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