Shooting at US Presidential candidate Donald Trump rally: A witness claimed that he saw the attacker was positioned on the roof before firing a shot at Donald Trump. He even saw the attacker crawling the building before aiming at the former president with a rifle.
“The guy crawled up the building 50 feet from us. He had a rifle,” the witness Greg, told BBC.
The report also stated that he had informed about the suspicious man with a rifle to both the police and Secret Service.
“I’m thinking to myself ‘Why is Trump still speaking, why have they not pulled him off the stage’… the next thing you know, five shots ring out,” he said as quoted by BBC.
Following the gunshots, Donald Trump was immediately rushed out of the podium by the police, and Secret Service members. Greg further confirmed that he had seen the agency shoot down the attacker, reported the BBC.