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See it: Sniper shot former President Donald Trump from 130 yards away on roof of manufacturing plant

The gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally Saturday had positioned himself on the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away — a bit longer than a football field — from the stage.

The open-air campaign event was being held at the Butler Farm Show grounds, whose large, sprawling fields gave the sniper a virtually unobstructed line of sight to the former president from his perch.

The counter-sniper team, which sources told The Post killed the shooter, returned fire from the roof of another building close to where Trump was located — behind the audience stands.

The building where the sniper’s body was later discovered is part of AGR International, Inc., a supplier of automation equipment for the glass and plastic packaging industry whose land directly abuts the farm show grounds, separated only by a chain-link fence.

The gunman positioned himself on the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage.
Trump raising his fist to the crowd after getting shot on stage. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

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The shots originated from atop the building, part of the AGR International Inc. complex, which is located behind and to the left of the stands full of rallygoers, who were looking toward the stage as Trump spoke.

The shooter was killed shortly after the attack, according to sources. Obtained by NY Post

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The building, identified on Google Street View as building 6 in the complex, sits further away from nearby Whitestown Road and Evans City Road than any of its neighboring structures.

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This is the AGR International building where sniper who wounded former President Trump crawled on the roof to take his 130-yard shot.

Save for a few trees on AGR International’s property, the building’s rooftop provides a clear vantage to the farm show grounds, with nothing but grass separating the gunman’s rifle from the former president’s head. 

An AR-style semi-automatic assault rifle was recovered from the scene, law enforcement sources told The Associated Press.