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A local law enforcement officer reportedly encountered the shooter moments before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
Two law enforcement officials told the Associated Press (AP) that a local police officer had encountered the shooter.
The AP noted that the law enforcement officials had agreed to speak to the outlet “on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.”
The officer reportedly climbed up to the roof of a nearby building where Crooks had positioned himself with a direct line to the former president.
Upon encountering the suspect, the officer reportedly went back down the ladder, after which he “quickly took a shot toward Trump,” the anonymous officials said, according to the AP.
While the Washington Post reported that Butler County Sheriff Michael T. Slupe said “seconds before” the shooter fired shots toward Trump that the suspect had “faced a municipal police officer who wasn’t able to neutralize him,” Slupe told Jennifer Borrasso, a reporter with KDKA-TV that he “never said that.”
Witnesses on the scene had previously stated that an officer “fell” from the ladder.
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Source: www.lawofficer.com