Dallas Alexander, a veteran sniper and former member of the Canadian military’s elite JTF2 unit, suggested that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate President Trump, might have had inside help.
In an Instagram post, Alexander, whose team holds the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill, expressed his belief that Crooks had to have had help from within an agency or organization.
Drawing on his 14 years of experience providing security for high-profile individuals in dangerous locations, Alexander argued that it would be impossible for someone to get onto a rooftop with a gun in broad daylight without inside help.
He also questioned the narrative that Crooks managed to sneak into position undetected, noting that someone with such skills would likely have the expertise to successfully carry out the attack, and not miss the shot.
Transcript of the video below:
Yo, good morning. I keep getting asked about this so, I’m just gonna let you know my opinion… I am talking about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. And I know everyone is gonna have some crazy opinion, everyone’s gonna have a different opinion. It’s gonna be very wild for the next little while.
If you don’t know me or are new to this page, I spent just about 17 years in the military, 14 of which, just about 14 of which we’re at a tier one special operations unit called JTF2. Our sniper team has the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill. A huge part of our job while I was there and while I was a sniper was doing close protection for VIPs up to and including the Prime Minister, when he would go to dangerous countries like Iraq or Afghanistan, we would be in charge of that security.
So, I’m very familiar with the layout of these types of things and what the jobs should be. And yesterday, what happened, I have no doubt in my mind that the shooter had help from somewhere within an agency, an organization, or the government, said Alexander.
The second I saw that aerial photo of what they were saying happened, it immediately made no sense to me. You cannot, in broad daylight, get onto a rooftop within it looked like maybe a couple of hundred yards, if that. You can’t get into that position with a gun when there’s a president speaking. It cannot be done. You don’t even need to be a sniper to know that it’s the most f—king obvious thing, and obvious place in the whole world…
So something happened, and I’m not pointing fingers at anyone. It’s too obvious that this guy had help getting there. So whether someone turned a blind eye or it was strategically planned, I mean, it had to be planned to a certain level because events like that and security like that, it’s not a small thing. And that is the most obvious place to be.
On top of that, I find it very strange that… if the story comes out that you know he “snuck out into position, and he got set up and nobody saw him, it’s an oversight in security, we just made a mistake, sorry,” I think it’s it’s also very weird that if that’s the case that someone is gonna have to stalk within 150-200 yards of one of the hardest to stalk targets in the whole world, you’re not gonna miss a shot… you’re not going to miss that shot…
My opinion is, and whether this comes out now or way later, is that this guy had help from somewhere. I think that’s obviously concerning. It’s going to be wild. I think it’s all you’re going to see for the next little while. Anyway, just because I keep getting asked, that’s my two cents.
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Like all social media posts, a lot of the comments are completely useless, but a couple of the commenters, who also claim to be veteran snipers, agreed with Alexander’s assessment of the failures.
