Body camera footage recorded after the attempted assassination of former President Trump showed law enforcement discussing how a sniper “lost sight” of gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Sen. Chuck Grassely, R-Iowa, posted the three-minute video on social media Tuesday. The footage shows authorities on the roof of a building in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Crooks was shot and killed by snipers.
“The Beaver County sniper saw the shooting and sent the pictures. That's him,” a law enforcement officer tells another man, who appears to be a Secret Service agent, on the roof.
“The rifle is there, obviously,” another law enforcement officer says as he points to the weapon.
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The first law enforcement officer, whose body camera was recording, said the sniper who spotted Crooks was still in a nearby building, showing where the sniper was located.
“That's the sniper who sent the original photos and saw him get off the bike, then he dropped the bag on the ground and then he lost sight of him,” the officer said. “He's the one who sent the photos. I don't know if you received the same ones that I did…”
Body camera video taken after the attempted assassination of former President Trump shows police officers from different agencies talking about deceased gunman Thomas Crooks and other people detained at the scene. (Secret Service)
“I think so,” the man who appears to be a Secret Service agent replied. “He's wearing his glasses…”
The images were obtained from the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit and were posted by Grassley on X. Fox News Digital has blurred the image of the body.
The man who appears to be a Secret Service agent asked, “And we have someone in custody, correct?”
Local police body camera video shows confusion between agencies following the attempted assassination of former President Trump. (Secret Service)
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“I don't know that,” the officer replied.
Another officer said: “There were two people detained on this side.”
“Our guy that was here told me that there was a guy in custody that was the owner of the bike. And I said, 'No, no, that's the owner of the bike,'” the officer said, apparently pointing to Crooks' body.
“We were up here so we didn't know that information,” one officer said.
Former President Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13. (Trump campaign office/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“We just climbed up onto the roof and got on it,” another person is heard saying.
The officer later said the people in custody were filming, adding: “Maybe they were involved, maybe they weren't.”
“The guys who saw them filming say, 'They were filming us, and then they filmed the guy on the roof, and then they filmed us, and then when the shooting started, they ran away.' And I'm like, 'Isn't that what everyone was doing?'” the agent said. “I have no problem stopping them. Stop those guys. Find out who they know. Who they are. Whatever. Again, I'm trying to get clear information to get back to DC.”
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday amid criticism over security lapses that allowed Crooks to climb onto a rooftop and get a clear view of Trump as he spoke to supporters.
Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
