Bodycam Video Shows US Officers Over Trump Shooter’s Body
New bodycam footage from shortly after an attempted assassination of Donald Trump shows Secret Service and local police officers standing near the dead body of the gunman.
The footage, posted by Senator Chuck Grassley, shows a trail of blood around the 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, who fired at Trump from a rooftop during a rally in Pennsylvania ten days ago.
The attack left one person dead and two others injured. The injured are David Dutch and James Copenhaver, both 57, who are now in stable condition.
The footage was released just hours after Kim Cheatle, the US Secret Service director, resigned due to security failures related to the shooting.
In the video, Secret Service agents discuss the shooter’s body and mention photos of him sent by a sniper. They also talk about an abandoned bike found nearby and victims from the crowd.
Senator Grassley and other lawmakers are calling for a full investigation into the security lapses surrounding the incident.
Cheatle, who faced intense questioning during a House Oversight Committee hearing, took responsibility for the failures but initially resisted calls to resign.
She described the shooting as “the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades.”
Witnesses had reported seeing Crooks with a rifle on a rooftop minutes before the shooting began. He was killed by a counter-sniper shortly after firing.
Trump was injured in the right ear and described feeling the bullet “ripping through the skin.” Blood was visible on his face as he was quickly moved to safety.
This information is based on a report by the BBC.
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