Secret Service Failures Uncovered in Trump Attempted Assassination

Local police expressed frustration in video footage after a 20-year-old gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally, where Donald Trump narrowly escaped serious injury. Officers had warned the Secret Service days before about the need for better security. Investigations are ongoing into the lapses that enabled the shooter.

In the chaotic aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally last month, body camera footage reveals local police frustration over security failures. The footage shows an officer stating he had warned the Secret Service days earlier that the building where the shooter opened fire needed to be secured.

Police videos, released in response to a public records request, show anger and confusion among law enforcement about why no officers were stationed on the roof. Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman, managed to evade police, climb a roof, and open fire with an AR-style rifle. Trump was hit in the ear but avoided serious injury, while one spectator was killed, and two others were injured.

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. has acknowledged the agency's lapses, stating, "I cannot defend why that roof was not better secured." The Secret Service is reviewing their protective policies to prevent future incidents. Several investigations into the security failures are currently underway.

(With inputs from agencies.)