Local cop climbed ladder and encountered would-be Trump assassin on roof moments before he opened fire but climbed back down and shooting proceeded | 14 July 2024 | A local cop spotted attempted-assassin Thomas Crooks just moments before he tried to kill former president Donald Trump -- but failed to stop the gunman despite the clear threat, according to a report. After rally-goers spotted Crooks on the roof of a manufacturing plant just 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, police were notified and one officer climbed a ladder to investigate, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The officer -- whose department had been enlisted by the Secret Service to help with security -- encountered Crooks, who pointed his AR-style rifle at them. The officer then backed down the ladder, and Crooks immediately took aim and loosed about eight shots at the former president -- grazing him in the ear, killing one bystander in the rally crowd, and gravely wounding two others, the source said. After that volley of shots, Secret Service snipers shot Crooks dead. [Yes, he was a "cop," reminiscent of the cop in Shooter, who facilitated the entire patsy/political assassination at the behest of the corrupt criminal cabal. In the movie, he was taken out a couple of days later. (Dead men don't talk.) This whole kit and caboodle has hallmarks of an inside job. --LRP]