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.
Everything we know about the Trump assassination attempt
- 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
- Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service agents.
- The gunman grazed Trump’s ear, killed a 50-year-old retired fire chief, and injured two other rally-goers.
- Investigators detailed Crooks’ search history to lawmakers, revealing that he looked for the dates of Trump’s appearances and the Democratic National Convention.
- Crooks’ search history also revealed a broad interest in high-profile people and celebrities, regardless of their political affiliation, FBI officials reportedly said.
- Trump exclusively recounted surviving the “surreal” assassination attempt with The Post at the rally, remarking, “I’m supposed to be dead.”
- High-profile politicians, including President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, addressed the nation about the shooting, calling it “a heinous, horrible and cowardly act.”
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.
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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.
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.