One spectator was killed and two were hurt in the July 13 shooting.
There may have been radio traffic from local police that the Secret Service didn't have access to that could've proved crucial to stopping former President Donald Trump from going on stage the day of the assassination attempt, the acting director of the Secret Service said Friday.
Rowe said July 13 was the first time the Secret Service's counter snipers were deployed to a Trump rally this year. Going forward, he said the Secret Service will have counter snipers at all events with presidential candidates. The morning of July 13, a site briefing was conducted with Secret Service personnel and law enforcement partners supporting the event, Rowe said. Secret Service personnel took their posts and a technical security sweep of the protective site started before the site opened to event staff, vendors and the public, he said.
"Neither the Secret Service counter sniper teams, nor members of the former president's security detail, had any knowledge that there was a man on the roof of the AGR building with a firearm," he said.
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