People at the rally in Pennsylvania pointed to the suspected shooter two minutes before gunfire rang out, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
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“Look, they’re all pointing. Yeah, someone’s on top of the roof — look.” “There he is right there.” “Where?” “Right there, you see him? He’s laying down. You see him?” “Yeah, he’s laying down.” Trump: “Instead, I’m here with you, fighting like hell to get a sense —” “What’s happening?” Trump: “Because if we do, we’re going to make America better than ever before. We’re going to make it —” “Yeah, look, there he is. Trump: “Because we have millions —” “Officer.” Trump: “People in our country that shouldn’t be here. Dangerous people. Criminals, we have criminals.” “He’s on the roof. Right here, on the roof.” Trump: “It’s much tougher —” “On the roof.”
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Video taken by a bystander shows people pointing to the man suspected of shooting at former President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania and frantically warning law enforcement, just two minutes before the first burst of gunfire rang out, according to an analysis of the footage by The New York Times.
“Someone’s on top of the roof,” one person is heard saying. “There he is, right there.”
“He’s on the roof!” says another, calling to an officer. “Right here, right on the roof.”
The footage shows the suspected gunman lying prone on the roof of a white structure, which The Times previously identified as the location from which shots were fired. The building is roughly 400 feet from the stage where Mr. Trump was standing, but was outside the rally’s security perimeter.
The video was taken at 6:09 p.m., two minutes before Mr. Trump was shot, according to the Times analysis. As the camera zooms in, the man crawls from the edge of the roof toward its peak. At that moment, he was likely out of sight of Secret Service sharpshooters on another building’s roof about 400 feet away.
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At one point in the video, at least one law enforcement officer appears to be walking near the building, but it’s unclear if the officer heard the warnings or knew a potential shooter was on the roof.
Nailah Morgan contributed video production.
David Botti is a senior producer on the Visual Investigations team, which combines traditional reporting with digital forensics and open source methods. He previously worked for the BBC in Washington and London, and as a freelance journalist in the Middle East. More about David Botti
Haley Willis is a Times reporter with the Visual Investigations team, covering conflict, corruption and human rights. More about Haley Willis
Malachy Browne is enterprise director of the Visual Investigations team at The Times. He was a member of teams awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2020 and 2023. More about Malachy Browne
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