Pennsylvania Police Commissioner Says Officers Left Post to Look for Trump Assassin

Rep. Bishop also addressed conflicting reports about which agency was responsible for securing the AGR building.

Butler Farm Show, site of the July 13, 2024, Trump campaign rally, in Butler, Pa., on July 15, 2024. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo

Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Col. Christopher Paris said that law enforcement officers left their post in a critically positioned second-story window to search for former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Crooks in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

The elevated window was located in the AGR building complex which provided an overview of the Trump rally venue, where Mr. Crooks shot former President Trump, injured two rallygoers, and killed another.