{"id":2321426,"date":"2024-08-08T18:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T22:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-most-compelling-trump-shooting-bodycam-footage-yet-has-just-been-released\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T18:08:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T22:08:47","slug":"the-most-compelling-trump-shooting-bodycam-footage-yet-has-just-been-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-most-compelling-trump-shooting-bodycam-footage-yet-has-just-been-released\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Compelling Trump Shooting Bodycam Footage Yet Has Just Been Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-most-compelling-trump-shooting-bodycam-footage-yet-has-just-been-released%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2321426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, concerns escalated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-year-old-student-dies-of-fentanyl-overdose-two-more-exposed-at-connecticut-school\/\" title=\"13-Year-Old Student Dies Of Fentanyl Overdose, Two More Exposed At Connecticut School\">local police searched<\/a> for a man they believed posed a\u2063 threat to former President Donald Trump during\u2062 a rally. Eyewitnesses alerted officers to a potential\u2063 shooter on the roof of the American Glass Research building, where\u200d a man, later identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was \u200bseen aiming a rifle. The incident was recorded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">body camera footage<\/a> from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proximity-is-the-number-one-issue-armed-educators-key-to-preventing-school-shootings-expert-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Proximity Is The Number One Issue\u2019: Armed Educators Key To Preventing School Shootings, Expert Says\">responding police officer<\/a>, who made \u2064contact with Crooks while precariously positioned on the roof edge.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200d the officer attempted to apprehend him, Crooks threatened the officer before turning \u2062his focus back\u2064 on Trump, ultimately \u2063firing a shot. The communication breakdown between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tommy-tuberville-takes-aim-at-dhs-secy-alejandro-mayorkas\/\" title=\"Sen. Tommy Tuberville takes aim at DHS Secy Alejandro Mayorkas\">local officers<\/a> and the Secret Service hindered effective response, \u200balthough\u200b a \u2062prior warning about the shooter was broadcasted. However, the officer&#8217;s intervention reportedly\u2064 distracted Crooks just in time, saving Trump&#8217;s life. Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe lauded \u2062the police officer&#8217;s actions as heroic, suggesting that the delay\u200b caused by the \u200dinterruption was critical in averting a tragedy. Crooks was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper shortly after the firing incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frustrating moments were ticking away at a Butler, Pennsylvania, venue on July 13 as local police hunted for a suspect deemed a potential threat to former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As authorities hurried and scurried to find a man who had been loosely on their radar for more than an hour but had since disappeared, spectators called for them to check the roof of a building belonging to American Glass Research where a man with a rifle had been seen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Footage of the moments up to and including that encounter have been released in a new video that documents the frenzied, fearful moments before and after Trump was shot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The video footage is from a Butler Township Police Department officer who responded to the hunt for the mystery man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The officer used another officer to hoist himself up to the roof of the building where Thomas Matthew Crooks was lining up a shot on Trump as the former president spoke to enthusiastic rallygoers.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding on to the edge of the roof 12 feet off the ground, the officer peered over the edge of the roof.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He and Crooks made eye contact, but Crooks had a gun, and the officer holding onto the roof could not draw his weapon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beginning of the video showed Crooks, later shot dead by a Secret Service sniper, turn to threaten the officer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: Bodycam footage reveals officer&rsquo;s rooftop confrontation with would-be Trump assassin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kZvIIq1zmv\">pic.twitter.com\/kZvIIq1zmv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WorldviewTube (@WorldviewTube) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldviewTube\/status\/1821614184725131313?\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butler Township Manager Thomas Knights told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/trump-assassination-attempt-bodycam-footage-showing-officer-confronting-shooter-released-police-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, the officer said the man on the roof &ldquo;was identified as having a weapon&rdquo; and &ldquo;did point that firearm at our officer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-new-footage-reportedly-shows-trump-shooter-visible-stage-running-across-roof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officer dropped<\/a> and sprained his ankle from the fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crooks then turned his attention to Trump and fired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to congressional testimony, 30 seconds before Crooks pulled the trigger, an officer involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/local-officer-shouted-long-gun-radio-30-seconds-trump-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a> was able to yell, &ldquo;long gun,&rdquo; into the radio system that linked local law enforcement agencies, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/01\/us\/politics\/secret-service-technology-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The message never reached the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secret-service-fbi-respond-embarrassing-new-trump-shooting-footage-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secret Service<\/a> because of flaws in the communications system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe has said by interrupting Crooks, the officer &mdash; whose name he did not use &mdash; was a hero, Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said that because the interuption delayed Crooks, Trump turned his head in those few seconds, saving his life, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/17\/us-news\/local-cop-who-interrupted-thomas-crooks-but-failed-to-stop-him-is-a-hero-who-saved-trumps-life-sheriff-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">county sheriff<\/a>, Slupe does not oversee the Butler Township force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Can you imagine 10 seconds before that? That the president was looking straight ahead and where that bullet could have potentially landed,&rdquo; &nbsp;Slupe said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Right now, [the shooter is] training on the president. These guys breach the roof,&rdquo; Slupe said. &ldquo;So he turns around and potentially eliminates that threat.&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The officer is like, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m dead or I drop. I drop.&rsquo; [Crooks] turns back around,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If I&rsquo;m interrupted, and I move my gun, you are going to have to reassess that whole situation at this point, so yes, you can make a case that those two officers saved the president&rsquo;s life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Authorities rushed to locate a man who had been vaguely on their radar for over an hour but had since vanished. Onlookers urged the police to check the roof of an American Glass Research building where a man with a rifle had been spotted. Newly released footage captures the chaotic and anxious moments leading up to and following Trump&#8217;s shooting. The video comes from a Butler Township Police officer involved in the search for the unidentified man. This officer used another officer&#8217;s assistance to climb onto the roof where Thomas Matthew Crooks was preparing to take aim at Trump while he addressed enthusiastic rally attendees.<\/p>\n<p>While clinging to the edge of the roof, approximately 12 feet above ground, the officer looked down and made eye contact with Crooks, who was armed; however, he couldn&#8217;t draw his weapon due to his precarious position. The video begins with Crooks\u2014who was later shot dead by a Secret Service sniper\u2014turning menacingly towards the officer.<\/p>\n<p>Butler Township Manager Thomas Knights informed Fox News that Crooks &#8220;was identified as having a weapon&#8221; and &#8220;did point that firearm at our officer.&#8221; The fall caused the officer to sprain his ankle just as Crooks shifted his focus back toward Trump and fired.<\/p>\n<p>According to congressional testimony reported by The New York Times, just 30 seconds before Crooks pulled the trigger, an involved officer managed to shout &#8220;long gun&#8221; into their radio system connecting local law enforcement agencies; unfortunately, this alert never reached Secret Service due to communication system issues.<\/p>\n<p>Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe praised the unnamed officer&#8217;s actions as heroic during an interview with Fox News. He noted that because of this interruption, Trump turned his head in those critical seconds which ultimately saved his life according to reports from New York Post. Slupe emphasized how close it could have been if Trump hadn&#8217;t turned away when he did: \u201cCan you imagine if just ten seconds earlier he was looking straight ahead?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He elaborated on how crucial it was that officers interrupted Crooks&#8217; aim: \u201cThe shooter is focused on President [Trump]. These officers breach onto that roof&#8230; If I\u2019m interrupted while aiming my gun&#8230; you have no choice but reassess your situation.\u201d He concluded by stating there\u2019s strong justification for believing those two officers played vital roles in saving Trump&#8217;s life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2321427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Body-Cam-Footage.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[9247,5254,4133,4300,3634],"class_list":["post-2321426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bodycam","tag-footage","tag-news","tag-shooting","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Body-Cam-Footage.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}