{"id":303557,"date":"2024-07-18T11:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/thomas-matthew-crooks-spotted-on-roof-by-secret-service-20-minutes-before-shooting"},"modified":"2024-07-18T11:32:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:32:57","slug":"thomas-matthew-crooks-spotted-on-roof-by-secret-service-20-minutes-before-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/thomas-matthew-crooks-spotted-on-roof-by-secret-service-20-minutes-before-shooting","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Matthew Crooks Noticed on Roof By Secret Service 20 Minutes Earlier than Capturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"51.515743073\">\n<section id=\"cb-d4b94fbac0ffda63ae7637201875678a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240718_9165f9f2026d4fb7a72be94a86dd9a48\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3716f363-16c0-4e51-8675-d87dab8ac212\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/91\/4by3\/2024\/07\/18\/9165f9f2026d4fb7a72be94a86dd9a48_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"thomas matthew crooks main\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d4b94fbac0ffda63ae7637201875678a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c4cbf717bd2b54bfa364a9bd688883cc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.0227272727\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s assassination attempt has put law enforcement under even more scrutiny &#8230; &#8217;cause now, we know the shooter was spotted on the roof for a LONG time before firing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c4cbf717bd2b54bfa364a9bd688883cc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2dd2f7bb482d99b5d305fbc9c7bb4c16\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>According to multiple outlets &#8230; during Thursday&#8217;s briefing with U.S. Senators, the Secret Service revealed they spotted shooter <strong>Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/strong> on the roof preparing to shoot Donald Trump 20 minutes before he fired the first bullet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2dd2f7bb482d99b5d305fbc9c7bb4c16--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dba0e14709d3b9206948d902403c81dd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ae49004e-6e36-4e3b-abe9-10fee2a748ba-1423164813-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ae49004e-6e36-4e3b-abe9-10fee2a748ba-1423164813-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/30\/16by9\/2024\/07\/14\/30fd66b95d074676b7bc6768d883ad4b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dba0e14709d3b9206948d902403c81dd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1cc0eab0dba31130a0652a4e777f0ff3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.652173913\">\n<p>The official timeline, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/trump-assassination-attempt-investigation-continues-new-details\/story?id=112020474\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ABC News<\/strong><\/a>, TMC first came to the Secret Service&#8217;s attention as a person of interest at 5:10 PM ET on Saturday, more than an hour before the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1cc0eab0dba31130a0652a4e777f0ff3--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9c8291770007b8155a97141af9f8f8d5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>At 5:30 PM ET, law enforcement spotted him with a rangefinder camera &#8212; a device that measures the distance between itself and its subject &#8212; a red flag for law enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9c8291770007b8155a97141af9f8f8d5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f8368d0982db22ffb8b331b14283ece9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0310acfa-f88d-4e7a-9676-6ab0236d4927-199741603-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0310acfa-f88d-4e7a-9676-6ab0236d4927-199741603-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/16by9\/2024\/07\/14\/1c417fc79b0d4bd68e38f8f83b1f452e_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">7\/13\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f8368d0982db22ffb8b331b14283ece9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e0d87270b2d5e9cd3d4e211afd3f66cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Still, Crooks made his way to the fated rooftop &#8230; where Secret Service saw him at 5:52 PM ET &#8212; 10 minutes before DJT took the stage and 20 minutes before Crooks pulled the trigger.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e0d87270b2d5e9cd3d4e211afd3f66cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34bae8a2a013b968c419fc945b216f5a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-73c10f9b-0e56-405d-8460-c45cd0283743-929169554-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-73c10f9b-0e56-405d-8460-c45cd0283743-929169554-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/11\/16by9\/2024\/07\/14\/11c5b3a7a2424883891ffe789afa5690_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">BBC News<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-34bae8a2a013b968c419fc945b216f5a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e8ff508ada104ae3e5e1f2af710909dc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>This shocking new revelation adds fuel to the questions about law enforcement&#8217;s security measures before the shooting, including what seemed like a molasses-like response to the gunman. A person holding a rifle was allowed 20 whole minutes to wait for the former prez and line up his shot seems almost unbelievable.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e8ff508ada104ae3e5e1f2af710909dc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6692c28c322a5f6c7978971fe1c40e35\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5b173bc7-2fe0-470e-b5a4-059ac546c0e9-386119093-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-5b173bc7-2fe0-470e-b5a4-059ac546c0e9-386119093-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6c\/16by9\/2024\/07\/15\/6cd43edc37664b598737dc5fe349a9af_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TikTok \/ @djlaughatme<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6692c28c322a5f6c7978971fe1c40e35--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fd30bca255c78b89404bec5d4a7825d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.9525423729\">\n<p>As we told you &#8230; video shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/14\/trump-rally-shooter-ample-time-set-up-roof-witnesses-tried-warning-cops\/\"><strong>attendees pointing out Crooks<\/strong><\/a> to law enforcement &#8212; who took a long time to respond to the frantic individuals pointing him out. That video was only captured about a minute and a half before the shooting, but clearly, law enforcement had tons more time to respond.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fd30bca255c78b89404bec5d4a7825d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-30e9efe0d43635c84be43338ca5ba429\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-162dc202-97ac-4706-a82f-8d95bf60b026-743576890-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-162dc202-97ac-4706-a82f-8d95bf60b026-743576890-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/87\/16by9\/2024\/07\/13\/87bdc9d8852240fa8003fffebcd0d816_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">7\/13\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-30e9efe0d43635c84be43338ca5ba429--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f175ba4bb762f8e01ed7e115c08f7237\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"22.0089285714\">\n<p>Crooks fired off multiple shots, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/13\/donald-trump-appear-shot-pennsylvania-rally-president-election\/\"><strong>catching Trump<\/strong><\/a> in the right ear before snipers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/13\/new-video-secret-service-snipers-fire-gunman-roof-trump-rally\/\"><strong>returned fire<\/strong><\/a> and took him down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f175ba4bb762f8e01ed7e115c08f7237--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-538dd8e8f2a5c629d8fad4e04574afbd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Secret Service says it only took 26 seconds from when Crooks started shooting to when he was shot dead &#8230; a quick response after the damage was done.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-538dd8e8f2a5c629d8fad4e04574afbd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-264d25de99404eb4f43c60a6eee2c958\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-264d25de99404eb4f43c60a6eee2c958--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-47039fec07d3da9be53e2e76617d6506\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.1282051282\">\n<p>Thomas&#8217; behavior leading up to the shooting &#8212; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/18\/thomas-matthew-crooks-hinted-plan-attempt-assassinate-trump-game-message\/\"><strong>posts he made<\/strong><\/a> on a gaming platform to appearing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/17\/thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trump-rally-hour-before-shooting-new-video\/\"><strong>lurk around the rally&#8217;s perimeter<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; add to the questions Secret Service Director <strong>Kimberly Cheatle<\/strong>, who was already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/18\/kimberly-cheatle-secret-service-director-rnc-senators-confront-trump\/\"><strong>confronted at the RNC<\/strong><\/a>, will have to answer. She&#8217;s been subpoenaed to testify before Congress.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-47039fec07d3da9be53e2e76617d6506--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6e1d983dfb0adde8e7a24ab63e522af7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>We&#8217;re sure Congress will have many questions to come.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6e1d983dfb0adde8e7a24ab63e522af7--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/18\/thomas-matthew-crooks-spotted-roof-secret-service-20-minutes-trump-shooting\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8216;s assassination attempt has put law enforcement under even more scrutiny &#8230; &#8217;cause now, we know the shooter was spotted on the roof for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}