Secret Service spotted would-be assassin 20 minutes before shots were fired
By:
ABC57 News Staff
Posted: Jul 17, 2024 6:04 PM EDT

-
2:42
Watermelon in hot car experiment
-
2:44
Local daycare offers relief from heat with ’Hot Car Initiative’
-
2:01
Cold front produces afternoon and evening rain later today
-
3:27
SJC council passes vote on solar property value guarantee agreements
-
1:03
School Board announces new Superintendent for Benton Harbor Area...
-
0:42
Proposal to construct a 100-unit apartment complex in Saint Joseph...
-
1:14
Push for charges in Jayco cats’ death case
-
1:03
Former Fighting Irish star opens new restaurant in South Bend
-
2:44
Redevelopment Commission votes toward infrastructure changes...
-
1:10
Dodging showers and storms tonight and Wednesday
-
1:16
Lerner Theatre announces free Kool and the Gang, The Commodores...
-
1:28
Warm today, stormy tonight, sunny tomorrow
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawmakers were told today in an unclassified briefing that 20 minutes before former President Donald Trump was shot in an assassination attempt, Secret Service had spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin, on the roof.
The lawmakers were told this information by law enforcement officials in the briefing.
They said the snipers had spotted him on the roof at 5:52 p.m. and shooting happened at 6:12 p.m.
The unclassified briefing was conducted by the FBI Director, along his Deputy Director, and the head of the Secret Service.
Lawmakers were also informed that Crooks had been identified as a person of interest 62 minutes before the shooting occurred.
Sign up for the ABC 57 Newsletter