Two sources told NBC News that the Secret Service flagged a building near the rally site as a security concern. Investigators will be scrutinizing how a gunman was allowed to scale it.
The rooftop where a gunman shot at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally was identified by the Secret Service as a potential vulnerability in the days before the event, two sources familiar with the agency’s operations told NBC News.
The building, owned by a glass research company, is adjacent to the Butler Farm Show, an outdoor venue in Butler, Pennsylvania. The Secret Service was aware of the risks associated with it, the sources said.
“Someone should have been on the roof or securing the building so no one could get on the roof,” said one of the sources, a former senior Secret Service agent who was familiar with the planning.
The secret service are so pissed their guy missed the shot.
If you think a goddamn secret service sniper could miss a goddamn 400ft shot, you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
Because they couldn’t just plug the guy if they really wanted to?
Odd it was a known issue yet no one was watching it.
Staties were supposed to be covering it, and they obviously were since they popped the guy 2 seconds after he took the shot
Yeah, but after. Someone fell to sleep on the job
The idea is to monitor the environment so to get your guy into safety and / or disable the perp, before shots can be fired.
K?