Police have released their version of events after stories were published that a police officer encountered Crooks before the shooting.
Local police have issued a new statement about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.Butler Township Police said Wednesday that Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old identified as the sniper who fired at Trump during Saturday's campaign rally, pointed his firearm at a local police officer before he started shooting at the former president.
However, one bystander was shot and killed Saturday and another two were critically injured.Police said that as Trump arrived at the rally, a call for a suspicious male went out, prompting several officers tasked with traffic control to leave their posts and respond to the search. Officials said a search around the Agr International building was conducted and neither the person of interest nor a ladder was discovered.
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