CommonStar posted...
I'm guessing they meant like it would've left their agents open to get shot at from other roofs outside of the zone, but that still doesn't excuse how the sniper was able to climb up and lay on the roof for quite some time. They should've had eyes on it.
They did.
"According to a Secret Service official, local police were stationed inside the Agr International building and radioed to alert agents to a man acting furtively, the Washington Post reported.
Ms Cheatle, who is facing calls to resign, admitted that Crooks had been spotted by the agency before he opened fire, but had not been stopped.
The rooftop was outside of the secure zone set up for Trumps rally, around 150 metres from the stage where he spoke.
The shooter was actually identified as a potential person of suspicion, she said.
Unfortunately, with the rapid succession of how things unfolded, by the time that individual was eventually located, they were on the rooftop and were able to fire off at the former president.
It came amid reports that a Secret Service sniper photographed the man who fired several shots at Donald Trump and watched him using a range-finder before the shooting."