Body camera footage shows moment officer confronted Trump shooter on rooftop

Newly released video captures police confronting the gunman moments before he opened fire at Donald Trump at a rally, as well as the chaos that followed as authorities raced to locate the shooter.
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[@brandonjohnson8797]

"Why are we not on the roof" good question

[@rooster1012]

Because the donuts were inside....duh.

[@dsotm99z88x7c]

why arent they release the entire video? because they dont want you know the answer

[@mylovesongs2429]

because it was setup for TRUMP TO DIE! Police, Secret Service, and the main Democratic figureheads were in on it. Someone dropped the ball. Since that missed shot of Trump's noggin, it has been damage control time! One day i hope we find out the players in this comedy of errors! 🙄

[@ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーヅ]

Because donuts are more important than being on the roof. Love 🍩!

[@RinneganUserr]

Notice how they all take their time knowing the shooters down

[@YSRMOTORSPORT]

I cant believe the second they knew there was a potential threat on the roof, that a radio call didnt go out, to immediately remove DJT from the stage until you knew the area was declared safe.

[@Y2Kvids]

they were not connected with ss, even after threat was eliminated , the police still were pointing at the roof .no communication with ss

[@Josh-wu7kz]

Failures on all accounts

[@mediajunkie5150]

@@Josh-wu7kz Or not.

[@HD4lyfe]

@@Josh-wu7kz No failures...It was obviously intentional!

[@justinhawk919]

@@mediajunkie5150no

[@300apes]

THAT IS THE LEAST SLOPED ROOF I HAVE EVER SEEN.... No exaggerating that is the most flat looking angled rooftop possible.. It doesnt get any less angled than that.

[@AlcatrazMeow]

who gives a 💩 about the slope??

[@300apes]

@@AlcatrazMeow Poor troglodyte 😂 What us the diameter of the rock you live under?

[@300apes]

@@AlcatrazMeow Tell us the diameter of the rock you live under😂😂😂😂

[@300apes]

@AlcatrazMeow I'll break the news to you cave dweller. Secret Service said they can't go on that roof because it's too sloped 😂😂😂 Secret Service is a government agency "specialized" in protecting. Do you know what the words specialized and protection means? Or do you need that to be explained for you too?

[@300apes]

@AlcatrazMeow Do you not know why secret service didn't have people on that roof? Do you even know what the secret service is? Child

[@newhorizon1355]

Took long enough to release.

[@StellaSable4891]

Via edits

[@sasquatchpatrol9317]

Had to alter the audio

[@Thunderer0872]

Edit vis and audio or just evidence takes longer to get released to the news people through freedom of do dahs....

[@abdouaboud7490]

Takes time to edit

[@alroth6308]

ABC news, and as the nazi democrat propagandists that knowingly lied about the laptop while censoring the truth, you should be surprised that this vid is shown here

[@venividivici1401]

Instead of prancing about trying to "get" him, why not call it in so the fact could be communicated to officials at the rally. 🙄

[@ncherney84]

They might have and we may not know yet since everything's being released slowly

[@TexanInItaly]

They weren't even on the same comms.

[@rickcimino5483]

Believe it or not, the SS agents surround DT on the podium DID NOT have direct communication with the local LEOs on the ground. They did not have comms that were direct. The only thing one of those LEO's could have done is mag dump into the ground to make enough sound that the SS would have covered him. But, that would have taken a huge leap of faith and outside of the box thinking which, in that situation, would have been unprecedented.

[@curtf9813]

Well they had called him in a bunch of times in the hours leading up to that. The SS didn’t do anything with that info. Never even relayed it to Trump’s body guards

[@percyveer2355]

they did.

[@chocolat-kun8689]

That roof looks really dangerously sloped

[@leedex]

Maybe too sloped for Jill Biden’s friend. Former Secret Service Director 🤔

[@1Benjamin1000]

That many people are really that incompetent? Sorry, but this strains credulity.

[@jananabanana3180]

Exactly.....

[@yoced1468]

How many competent people are left lol would you really out it past these pons.

[@johndunn9819]

Ever see the police documentary Reno 911 ? Should give you a little insight on the competency level we're dealing with...

[@0118uhauha]

Behind all rostrums in America where politicians speak in public, the floor should be covered with soft rubber, so that if shots are fired, the politician can throw him-/herself down without breaking an arm or a rib. The back of the rostrum having a thick plate of steel. Trump sat down far too slow when the shots rang out. His floor probably made of old planks full of splinters. Who should PAY for this renovation of thousands of rostrums ? The N.R.A , National Rifle Association of course. They support sale of guns to the blind, to lunatics, to people with tremors in the forefinger - no medical checks according to N.R.A "Only a good man with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun" says N.R.A Nonsense, not even the police marksmen nor the professional guards had the time to prevent several shots being fired by the rifleman at the Trump rally.

[@happyclappyslappy]

have you ever confronted a gunman??

[@MP-db5dx]

Not a single one of them decided to let the guy he was pointing the gun at know.

[@sickmit3481]

​@@OriginalHazeYTWatch the whole bodycam this is literally just a minute of like 45 minutes of footage. And they didnt have a radio connection to the secret service it seemed like thats why they didnt tell anybody at the stage

[@shaywatson3856]

Nobody bothered to holler at the shooter either, to try to deter him. Wonder what he would have done if somebody just said "STOP RIGHT THERE!"

[@stefaniaslovat]

In my country traffic cops are more trained and more qualified than Secret Services agents in America.

[@gooney5956]

I seriously and very highly doubt that 😂

[@CreepyTony66]

​@gooney5956 this video proves he's right

[@user-xk4zq5mr1g]

somebody should be held accountable

[@Mindvirus-ly5ed]

that is the very definition of a cluster ....

[@TimothyBruneau]

That and the group that jumped on Trump after he got hit, "WHAT ARE WE DOING?? WHAT ARE WE DOING???!!". There was so much confusion, it was a clear result of lack of training.

[@watermelonkang]

"Several minutes" from when the officer was boosted up to the roof until the shooter was wasted, and they still let Trump out on stage? Unbelievable

[@deadengine]

Exactly. And nobody can explain it when asked in front of congress.

[@jackyluuu7384]

Actin g Secret Service director stated " several minutes" in the congressional hearing but corrected himself to "seconds" a few minutes later. Which ended up being confirmed.

[@user-yp9su1uq7l]

Where is the body cam footage from the officer saying he had called the Secret Service the week before and told them that the roof needed to be covered? Why would the Secret Service not cover the roof?

[@TimothyBruneau]

As I've said from the outset, there is no logical reason to not secure that rooftop, especially now that we know local PD alerted SS about is a week before the event. A 6 yr old could see it was a vulnerable spot. My girlfriend is convinced CIA ordered the hit and SS was told to stand down. At first I said that was a crazy conspiracy theory, but the more we learn, the more it's looking less like incompetence and more like intent. There is something very suspicious about that rooftop not being secured.

[@sonnypruitt6639]

@@TimothyBruneau Not the CIA, but the FBI.

[@cetologist]

​​@@sonnypruitt6639bruh if it were the FBI or CIA they would have been able to find a better guy than some random kid from rural Pennsylvania that was a way better shot, I can guarantee you

[@sonnypruitt6639]

@@cetologist That's what they want you to think. Next time they will use someone with more expertise.

[@eveningstar8581]

@@cetologistMatthew had his phone dinged over 15 times at fbi headquarters. He trained at the same range fbi and cia train at. Together with him. They worked with him extensively for months! They were creating a war machine out of a hateful dorky kid. And he almost succeeded! Not quite! But VERY CLOSE

[@philliploposser]

This level of incompetence by the Feds is unheard of and very hard to wrap one’s mind around.

[@evilsharkey8954]

This is local cops. The lack of coordination between feds and locals is staggering

[@robertbennett848]

All those cops trying to get on the roof was after the shots were taken.

[@jamesalexander3837]

U have no clue

[@STR8_SAVAGE]

Incorrect

[@sonnypruitt6639]

At what point does incompetence become intent?!

[@johnmichael642]

“Why were we not on the roof?” And How was trump not removed the second a gunman was spotted?

[@seanmclaughlin9482]

“Confront” is a charitable term.

[@hermanfreadrich3015]

IT JUST DOES NOT PASS THE SMELL TEST.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@JustJokingNot]

At least the cops are saying why weren't we on the roof.

[@optimisticcosmic]

Too many departments and agencies involved. Everyone assumes someone else has got it covered.

[@1Benjamin1000]

Either that...or they looked the other way.

[@ckp2ator389]

One of the failures of 9-11, intelligence and police not communicating. Now we have homeland security.

[@iarmycombo5659]

​@@1Benjamin1000 all looking away at the same time would require more competence than any of them are capable of.

[@EFIL4NAISREP]

100% right.

[@eagle19551]

The secret service had an obligation to coordinate and lead. They failed miserably. The former director was clearly completely incompetent.

[@usafman8864]

"Bodycam footage shows just before the shooting." ?? You mean after.

[@filipecardozo]

before and after. How could have Crooks aimed his gun for the officer after getting his brains blown out?

[@TimothyBruneau]

Apparently you didn't watch the video from the beginning.

[@TheRafaelBond]

This is before dumbass

[@daviduliana4447]

It is not possible that so many armed officers and the SS were so incompetent. YOU mean to tell me that every single officer and agent who contacted this guy did not detain or shot him before he got a shot off?

[@alroth6308]

you are speaking of the incompetent biden/harris administration where incompetence is to be expected

[@albinoyak2755]

Its crazy how hard this even has been memory holed

[@charlesrehm9371]

Is the the Secret Service still offering the breakfast special, grilled Cheatle sandwich and a side of lies?

[@RisingPhoenix527]

Nah is a double decker sammich with Wray, and Mayorkas patties…and drizzled with treasonous democratic party narratives sauce…😢

[@KatarinaKatrene]

This was 'too stupid' to be coincidental...

[@ab9957]

Like a submarine crew that forgot to close the hatch,, like a pilot who forgot to put the wheels down while landing, like a trucker who filled the gas tank but didn't get cargo, the Secret Service also insults even the shallowest thinker.

[@MOre-e6p]

That roof was way too sloped, way too dangerous.

[@TimothyBruneau]

@@MOre-e6p Lol right? What a ridiculous claim she made at the outset.

[@MOre-e6p]

@TimothyBruneau yeah man lmao what a freaking clown 🤣 she might as well have blamed it on a wasps nest, dramatic is that she's somewhere enjoying her retirement pension now instead of being somewhere flipping burgers and selling "other services" in a broken down trailer, "Sloped roof secret burgers and no condom BJs " 🤣

[@MOre-e6p]

@TimothyBruneau youtube censored my reply cause it was too sloped 🤣 I'll rephrase it, instead of enjoying her retirement pension now she should be in a broken down trailer flipping burgers, "Fat cow's sloped roof secret burgers" 🤣

[@josbar2835]

This is ridiculous! At 0:16, you can very clearly see the gun sticking out of the holster of the officer bending over. But the officer who is going up to assess the possible threat had to run back to his car to get his weapon? Really? Tell me how this is not pure, total incompetence. Pennsylvania has been nicknamed the Keystone State, so these must be The Keystone Cops. SMH.

[@Longenecker1776]

Secret service is more at fault. Can’t blame the cops for this.

[@pd7439]

what a steep roof.

[@TimothyBruneau]

Yep WAAAAAAY too steep! Omg it was a miracle they didn't slide off it, whew that was a close one.

[@minekush1138]

😂

[@MOre-e6p]

@pd7439 they should start hiring fat cows for that type of situation, they can do that no problem

[@hujhujhujhuj5734]

That must have magnets in their boots

[@aaaarrrgggghh]

None of these people thought about saying "hey get Trump safe". They all need punishing for that.

[@Quantix88]

Rewarded*

[@evilsharkey8954]

One track minds

[@aaaarrrgggghh]

@@evilsharkey8954 I'd say if you are trained to protect because your job is to protect and you blatantly fail to do so and your failing to protect causes the assassination of the president, then that is Treason.

[@benvmiller]

"iT wAS stAgED!!!"

[@jordanbeezy5649]

Surprised to see ABC actually reporting on this. Bravo

[@cantrell0817]

Because it paints a picture of chaos. It fits the narrative

[@ausgeschissenes95]

Bingo

[@evilsharkey8954]

It’s news.

[@rifledepot6067]

So 4 hours after he was spotted? Yeah nothing nefarious going on here!😂

[@ChristyKSweet]

Greg Nicol leaving his post overlooking the roof is the reason Why hasn't he quit

[@redhammer9910]

More important why his statement has not reached the Senate investigative committee.

[@watertower180elevatedview]

No audio during the shots? Very suspect.

[@im_fat_boi]

Police body camera footages usually can go back up to five minutes without audio, and then when the officer pressed the recording button is when the audio kicks in. nothing suspicious just the design of body cams.

[@gohardbrother5299]

the edited out the shots and his radio call

[@gooney5956]

That’s how a bodycam works, when it’s initially activated it records 30 seconds prior without audio. Once 30 seconds has passed you’ll typically here a “beep beep” meaning that audio is now recording

[@talkingthetalk3640]

Paranoid

[@leonkarchun5101]

So many failures

[@mysidianrabite7826]

The biggest one was speaking on stage that day.

[@Weezie007]

@@leonkarchun5101 OR…did it go according to planned???

[@bobbysands6923]

HOW DID THEY LET TRUMP GO OUT?????!!!!! Why didn't they stop the rally??? It's a disgrace to the human race.

[@richardkishita2766]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MOre-e6p]

@@bobbysands6923 use your brain pal

[@evilsharkey8954]

Mass incompetence and failure to coordinate

[@katherineaustin1548]

1. That many officers milling around on the ground and NOT trying to get on the roof to engage the shooter? Cowards. That many officers with radios and NOT getting the word out to have the former President removed from the podium. Inexcusable.

[@saudalfahaid4569]

Shouldn’t they be securing trump first before scrambling around and trying to find the shooter on the roof

[@sandhanitizer15]

That reporter at the end just gave me nightmares.

[@usafman8864]

Why? Some people don't have droopy eyes and that concerns you? Why's everyone have to look half asleep all the time?

[@cbdevidaljk1]

His lizard is showing

[@Bek-bl2ed]

@@usafman8864why are you so concerned with his comment? Lol

[@usafman8864]

@@Bek-bl2ed I just asked a question. Rather hypocritical to get in my business while questioning why I'm getting in someone's business. Also weird how defensive you get. Not surprising considering you're a retard.

[@ahill4642]

🤣 you’re bad

[@eldiablo3958]

He visited the shooting range 40 times just to miss that shot😂😂

[@gumecindogarcia1070]

All that ninja turtle gear and no ladder

[@user-qn9hf1md6c]

My god if an acorn fell it would been a massacre of civilizns

[@eagle19551]

I respect the Butler Police Officers, but this event shows complete and total ineptitude on the part of the secret service. Given their responsibilities this is frightening. The new leadership must make the necessary improvements

[@debrasullivan7479]

💯

[@evilsharkey8954]

Why didn’t they tell the SS not to let anyone on stage as soon as they realized he was on the roof?

[@elainestokes7822]

Same person who ran the damn mess to begin with, so not new management.

[@ExclusiveGrant]

40 times of going to the range before this and he STILL missed

[@SokemRokemRobot]

I can sense how disappointed you are. J*ck *ss.

[@hujhujhujhuj5734]

Only cause tRump turned his head

[@SokemRokemRobot]

Who are these guys? The Keystone Cops? A lot of procrastination, and waiting for the next guy to do something about it. It's as if these cops weren't trained. Ultimately, it's the secret service who failed to control the parameter.

[@Fabzil]

90% of the time, it's not malicious intent, it's just pure incompetence.

[@aerodyneservices]

But I think this might be the 10%. It strains creditability that a 20 YO could pull this off. Shades of Oswald.

[@ChristiannTyler]

Can’t convince me this was just incompetence..

[@Wayne-en1ko]

funny how 4 years ago, mass media encouraged months of burning and looting because of police incompetence.

[@victormontalbano4993]

But I thought the roof was to slanted to be on it. Lol.

[@alanwilliams8490]

LOL

[@ltandrepants]

too

[@markrigg6623]

Except it didn't show the moment they actually confronted him😢. Go the internet.😅

[@Charlie-pz1iv]

These guys did not act as if they wanted to stop an assasination. Also: why wasnt the secret sevice involved?

[@evilsharkey8954]

They were in charge of different areas. The whole thing was a spectacular show of incompetence except for the sniper team’s aim.

[@Charlie-pz1iv]

@@evilsharkey8954 u think there is room for incompetence? I dont think so. It goes beyond.

[@comicbrandon]

@@Charlie-pz1iv us dems did it

[@forumboss2620]

Unbelievable incompetence, improper comms, and poor planning . Stunning.

[@jimayers7461]

How many videos are out there? I've seen ten edited videos of this same thing.

[@Bryan-od7nv]

I would assume a lot of law enforcement in the area were all wearing body cameras. So there should be lots of video if they had them on.

[@arvi8843]

Lots. They're wearing body cams.

[@ironspider9280]

Poor communication

[@Perfec7o]

Secret service reputation is tarnished haha.

[@8Manny]

How pathetic is the police and Secret Service couldn’t even find him on the roof 20 years old doing a better job than they are 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ltandrepants]

no chain of command!

[@Turko81]

Who was the “one in custody”?

[@Jake-jd7bd]

Weird how they feel so safe climbing up on that plastic shed from Amazon but didn't want to post up on a slightly slopped roof. I have that same shed, and I would never climb on top of that thing.

[@jamese1596]

Even the cops can’t believe there were no cops on the roof. The pause when he answered “they were inside” is how you say WTF without actually saying WTF.

[@libertyforever836]

All dressed up and no one to engage…. Looks like Uvalde TX

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

Total and complete incompetence.

[@SpaceKingME]

..where is the black ladder? So I guess he did "Bear Climb" up the gutter on the other side where the people were yelling...that explains that crazy video of him running across the rooftop.

[@Gjb-ig7ed]

How can they stand on that sloped roof

[@kgmclol]

Someone gotta overseeing all those law enforcement position like rooftop position ,secret device ,ground position local law enforcement ,sewer position alligators , crowd control FBI,

[@hhlk7139]

Where's the drones?

[@SouthWestI10]

How do you confront a corpse exactly?

[@kevinbernatek7875]

Unless you’re competing for their jobs, I’d stop criticizing all of our men/women of service and men/women working police.

[@captainobvious2380]

Wait, where did the ladder go? That's how he got up there.

[@cody42693]

It's not clear if the ladder we saw was a ladder that belonged there or the ladder police/USSS used to get up there. As in a temp ladder brought over.

[@TewksburyGlisaReginaK]

kay, I’ve always scratched my head about the obsession around the kislux book totes and their practicality, but this one is adorable!! Congratulations

[@blazanperendija8456]

On this roof, rain walking* snail speed😅

[@Bek-bl2ed]

Secret service doesn’t operate drones? Cops don’t have drones?

[@arvi8843]

Cops offered but they denied it. It was mentioned during one of the hearings.

[@Bek-bl2ed]

@@arvi8843 thanks. That’s pretty crazy

[@arvi8843]

@@Bek-bl2ed It's in YT but the hearings are long. 😅 Or you can look for "secret service declined offer for drone surveillance" in your s earch. Unbelievable reasonings that would make your head scratch like that infamous sloped roof. Hope they can get to the bottom of this to prevent anything like it.

[@gooman989898]

This is like submitting a half assed school project 3 weeks too late. You think you've done a great job answering the question but you completely missed the brief, likely all lies, and all your dignity and credibility is gone

[@GoldenBoi-j5v]

1. Why did nobody warn trumps bodyguards? 2. Where was the bodyguard sniper at? 3. R.I.P i fire captain who died 🕊️

[@GearUpB2]

Why wasnt the counter sniper answering questions in front of congress THE NEXT DAY?

[@DESIGNS-vo1mt]

I love how everybody in the comments knew what should've been, but didn't go there to make sure it was implemented.

[@williamwells1862]

He can't see Crooks from that angle with the roof.

[@omnigeddon]

OK how did he die first it said he was shot by sniper now it’s several minutes and he’s man randomly dead what happened?

[@ameliaquiah6222]

The "GUNMEN" never thought i would hear that from a certified reporter😂😂😂The "GUNMEN" LOL

[@realtruth97]

All this blurring of bloody scenes gotta stop. I wanna see it, exactly as it is sometimes. KZbin should have two sections for this. One that allows gory stuff to be seen. And one that doesn't. Instead of censuring everything. Like if we're kids. Gtfo 👉👉👉

[@ZahavaEversley]

My mom bought one kislux and she loves it. It had been there for over 10 years when she went out with it.

[@csmlouis]

Wow, another Uvalde where heavily armed police were scared that the shooter has a rifle...I am glad that such incompetence is not limited to a south Texas township of 35000.

[@divineOrders683]

Dont give me that poop. You already knew this. You paid him.

[@jimlampert2897]

So wrong

[@cMurder2osix]

Drinking coffee and eating donuts, that's how.

[@TywanWashington]

It’s illegal to tamper with crime scene yet no one is speaking about the washing of the scene by ???????

[@drku78]

Cops better than secret service here

[@plesadian3]

He visited shooting range 40 times . Big deal that part means nothing. What so now if you go to gun range you are probably a trained assassin ? That meant nothing .

[@E.K.2003]

Keystone Kops!😮

[@Bek-bl2ed]

Secret service was in charge.

[@SokemRokemRobot]

@@Bek-bl2ed The cops still acted like the Keystone Cops. Citizens on the ground kept yelling,"There's someone on the roof with a gun." One cop went up to the roof and ran back down when Crooks told him to get lost. Cowardice, procrastination, and incompetence described the cops on the perimeter.

[@Bek-bl2ed]

@@SokemRokemRobot apparently these keystone cops were denied by the secret service to put up their drone for the event…

[@JulsHorrorStories]

"Why are we not on the roof?" Funny...WHY arent you on the roof...

[@Plothecommissioner]

Show us the actual picture

[@williamwells1862]

The cop on the roof when he said he saw him it was less that 60 seconds before the first shot.

[@Ungovernable_Schizo]

Hitting the range 40+ times and still sucked ass. Lmao thats tuff

[@jjoddo4530]

Why USSS and local PD were not communicating is really silly.

[@Nevertell19981]

WHY ARE THEY COPS?? Not secret service?!?!? DOES ANYONE SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?!

[@doric_historic]

Oliver Stone will figure it out...

[@micjam1986]

The shooter has an FBI connection.

[@Shining237]

Asleep at the switch

[@charleskeegan7098]

How much was edited

[@user-hx3vx9lr5g]

Set up 😮

[@quickfeed7592]

All you bozos blaming the secret service see this Uvalde demonstration? Squads of policemen completely geared up still not confronting the suspect after seeing he has an AR within shooting range? They got the buildings mixed up? Not one of these clowns even tried to go sprint towards the rally less than a couple hundred meters away? 34 and I can sprint that distance, easy, while screaming at the top of my lungs.

[@Civ5forlife-td7hy]

So how come immediately after confronting the shooter the radio was not lit up with "shooter on the roof" or something similar? Trump should have immediately been pulled off the stage