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Trump assassination attempt: Viral video shows new perspective from deadly rally shooting
FIRST ON FOX — New video footage of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, obtained by Fox News Digital shows a different angle of the shooting that killed rally attendee Corey Comperatore and left two other men severely injured.
The footage recently posted online by rally attendee Geoffrey Gronski on X shows a different angle of the event during which a sniper can be seen in position beside the former president before shots rang out.
“I didn’t really notice anything because I was just watching Trump speak, so … I wasn’t paying attention to the snipers in the background or anything,” Geoffrey Gronski, who said his wife took the video, told Fox News Digital. “I didn’t even realize that the snipers were even looking through their scopes in the direction of the building until we reviewed the footage later.”
Gronski, a retired Marine Corps veteran, said it was their first time at a Trump rally, and his wife had said to him before leaving the house that day, “I do not want to die at a Trump rally.”
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New Trump assassination attempt video shows a sniper in position on former President Trump’s side just before gunfire began. (FaceSmasher3000 on X)
“And I was like, ‘You’re not going to die at a Trump rally. Everything’s going to be fine.’ He’s had so many rallies before, but she knows how crazy the political landscape is this year,” Gronski recalled.
The video adds to lingering questions about how gunman Thomas Crooks, 20, was able to evade security and get into position on top of the nearby American Glass Research (AGR) building for the deadly assassination attempt.
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Thomas Matthew Crooks is shown on a roof moments before trying to assassinate former President Trump. (DJ Laughery | Inset obtained by Fox News Digital)
The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement to Fox News Digital it is “aware of and reviewing a variety of footage from July 13 as part of our mission assurance review.”
“The U.S. Secret Service is committed to examining the processes, procedures, and factors that led to this operational failure, so that we can ensure it never happens again,” the agency said.
The FBI confirmed during an Aug. 28 press call that Crooks was seen walking outside the rally perimeter by a row of vendors at 4:26 p.m. on July 13, about an hour and a half before Trump began speaking.
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Former President Trump was injured during an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Video footage from a local business showed Crooks climbing up the AGR building and then traversing rooftops between 6:05 and 6:08, the FBI said.
“Our overall finding is the subject was only on the roof for approximately six minutes prior to the shooting. Between 6:05 and 6:11 p.m.,” then he was neutralized, said Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI Pittsburgh field office, later refuting rumors that there was a second shooter.
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On the day of the rally, Crooks flew a drone for 11 minutes between 3:51 p.m. and 4:02 p.m., Rojek told Fox News Digital.
The FBI’s observations from the drone’s flight path show it “would have been helpful for our subject to assess the security posture at the event,” Rojek said.
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Police stand over Thomas Crooks after he was shot. (Butler Township Police Department)
The FBI is working to determine Crooks’ motive and whether he had any co-conspirators with advanced knowledge of the attack. Crooks had “a sustained detailed effort to plan an attack on some event, meaning he looked at any number of events or targets,” Rojek said at the time.
The 20-year-old gunman “became hyper-focused” on Trump’s rally in Butler after it was announced in early July. He had no identifiable political ideology, the FBI added.
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Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers stand on the roof of the AGR building in Butler, Pa., on Aug. 26, 2024, as part of a task force visit investigating the assassination attempt on former President Trump. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
The FBI said on Aug. 28 that a Secret Service countersniper fired the shot that killed Crooks seconds after the gunman opened fire.
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Kelly, chair of the House task force on the assassination attempt, and ranking member Jason Crow, D-Colo., on Tuesday morning sent letters to five local law enforcement agencies asking for transcribed interviews and any additional information they can share about the assassination attempt, “including planning, participation, and post-event actions and correspondence,” the task force said in a press release.
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Connecticut formally sent off three culinarians on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for the nationally recognized James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Ceremony.
The sendoff took place at Mystic River Park at 11 a.m., and formally recognized Jade Ayala from the Port of Call in Mystic, chef David DiStasi from Materia Ristorante in Bantam, and chef David Standridge from the Shipwright’s Daughter in Mystic.
The awards ceremony is on Monday, June 15, in Chicago.
“It’s just incredibly gratifying to see the recognition that’s been so long deserved finally come here to the state,” Chef Standridge said, reflecting on the honor.
Chef Standridge and Chef DiStasi are both finalists for Outstanding Chef, while Ayala and the Port of Call are competing in the Outstanding Wine and Other Beverage award.
“Mystic has a really great way of preserving history here, and I’m really just happy and proud to be a part of their story and Mystic’s story here. Thank you for having us,” Ayala said.
The ceremony will be livestreamed through the Connecticut Restaurant Hospitality Association on June 15.
Central Maine Power customers will see some relief in electric costs this summer after state utility regulators approved new distribution rates for the company.
The new prices reflect CMP’s revenue needs after the company paid more than a $100 million spent to recover from damaging winter storms in 2023 and 2024.
Households using an average of 550 kilowatt hours a month should save about $8.55 on their bills, according to the Maine Public Utilities Commission. The new prices go into effect July 1.
Commissioners also rejected CMP’s request to delay enacting new distribution prices while the agency considers the company’s separate rate case.
“It is uncertain when temporary rates may be approved or at what amount, but at a time when customers are struggling with high costs across the economy I cannot support a delay in rate relief,” said Commission Chair Phil Bartlett.
Electric prices in Maine have soared in recent years, because of expensive storm recovery, volatile natural gas prices and financial incentives for a community solar farm program, among other factors.
Maine Public Advocate Heather Sanborn said the rate reduction was welcome for electric customers dealing with high costs.
Sanborn said the commission’s decision to pay off a $20 million “storm recovery balance.” The account is basically money loaned to ratepayer by CMP that is owed to the company with carrying costs of about $140,000 per month, according to the PUC.
“That is a lot of interest every year that we have been paying,” Sanborn said.
Central Maine Power has submitted a proposal for new rates that would raise prices about $18 a month, according to the PUC.
In its rate proposal, CMP said it needs more revenue to help harden its infrastructure to future storms, improve reliability and hire full time staff to avoid hiring expensive contractors.
Even though the company is asking for higher rates, it says the package will amount to a slight decrease for customers because it has repaid storm recovery.
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the rate adjustment approved by the PUC.
A Massachusetts man was arrested on numerous charges, including gun and drug offenses, police said.
Georgie Estrella, 41, of Attleboro was arrested shortly after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on charges of manufacturing, delivering or possessing with intent the to deliver crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl, LSD, crack cocaine, psilocybin, clonazepam, alprazolam, and buprenorphine, carrying a pistol or revolver without a license or permit, possession of a firearm by certain persons prohibited, carrying a firearm when committing a crime of violence, possession of a firearm while committing a controlled substance violation, alteration of marks of identification on firearms, carjacking, attempted larceny of more than $10,000, assault on a police officer, vandalism or malicious injury to property, resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty, and disorderly conduct, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.
Estrella was also arrested on three warrants charging him with failing to appear in court for drug cases, according to the release.
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