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Amid assassination attempt on Donald Trump, secret service faces serious questions over security footprint and rooftop access at the ex-US Presidents event...
Sources have described the shooting as coming from the three oclock position of Trumpspodium location,with shots coming from his right side.Seconds after gunfire rang out, Secret Service counter-assault snipers began shooting the suspect who was found on top of a roof, reports CNN.. "How was a sniper with a full rifle kit allowed to bear crawl onto the closest roof to a presidential nominee," asked conservative activist Jack Posobiec on social media...
Meanwhile, the US Secret Service was under intense scrutiny after a gunman managed to evade its agents and open fire on former President Donald Trump at a political rally, with Republican leaders vowing swift investigations and President Joe Biden calling for an independent review...
The gunman, a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man, injured Trump and killed a rally attendee from a rooftop perch around 150 yards (140 m) from the stage where the former president was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, officials said.. Trump, 78, who like other former presidents has lifetime protection by the Secret Service, was swarmed by agents who then rushed him away..
In a statement, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi denied accusations that the agency had rebuffed requests for more security resources from Trump's team.. Paul Eckloff, a former Secret Service agent who retired in 2020, said agents would have surveyed all the rooftops with a line of sight ahead of time...
