Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has released the full bodycam footage from the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit, showing the aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Trump.
Grassley is sharing all relevant records in the interest of transparency.
“This morning I released the FULL extent of bodycam footage I’ve received from Beaver Co Emergency Services Unit showing aftermath of Trump shooting The public’s biz ought 2b PUBLIC You can find the video on my website,” Grassley wrote on his social media Thursday.
At the start of the video, a local Beaver County officer can be heard stating that a sniper took several photos of Thomas Crooks before he opened fire on Trump and several supporters.
The officer mentioned that the sniper who took the photos was located in an adjacent building relatively close to where Crooks later fired his shots.
A Secret Service agent later inquired about the two individuals detained after the shooting, but the Beaver County officers on the roof claimed they were unaware of any detentions.
In the background of the video, Crooks’s lifeless body is visible, blurred, with a stream of blood flowing down the roof.
In the video, it can be heard that a sniper named “Greg” took a photograph of Crooks.
“I believe the sniper that saw these and sent the pictures is right inside this building. All right, so if you go to that window that’s open and yell for Greg, that’s the sniper who sent the original pictures. He saw him come from the bike, set the book down, and then lost sight of him,” said one of the Beaver officers.
Grassley’s press release highlights two concerns:
1. Fragmented and delayed communication between law enforcement agencies.
2. Delayed response in identifying and disabling a potential detonator device near the shooter.
Someone can be heard on an officer’s radio asking, “Do we have access to a drone to clear this water tower?”
“The video footage additionally records law enforcement discussing the need to use a drone to inspect and secure the water tower on site. Records obtained by my office corroborate that USSS had assigned an Unmanned Aerial System drone operator to the event,” Grassley said.
Watch the full video from Sen. Chuck Grassley’s YouTube channel:
