Five unanswered questions over assassination attempt on Donald Trump including why was rooftop unsecured despite being identified as a security risk, how Matthew Crooks got on the roof and why it took so long for snipers to take him out Many questions linger in the wake of the attempt on Donald Trump's life READ MORE: King Charles sends private message to Trump By Paul Farrell For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:25 EDT, 15 July 2024 | Updated: 11:52 EDT, 15 July 2024 e-mail 9 shares 71 View comments Questions surrounding how would-be political assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to get into a position just 100 feet from Donald Trump was speaking, take aim with a rifle and fire off at least eight shots, remain. Crooks, 20, was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper moments after he opened fire at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania , on July 13.
The presumptive Republican nominee was wounded in the ear while supporter Corey Comperatore tragically lost his life. In the aftermath of a seismic day in US politics , it now appears that it was sheer luck that Trump was not killed by Crooks' gunfire which the ex-president's ear and did not cause major injury. The Secret Service is coming in for the most scrutiny of their handling of the event.
The building that Crooks' fired from was identified as a security risk but the shooter was still able to establish a position and fire off multiple shots. New videos appear to confirm witnesses accounts that attendees at the rally notified law.
