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[KARAH RUCKER]
THE SECRET SERVICE IS NOW UNDER SCRUTINY FOLLOWING THE assassination attempt.
WHILE THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS PRAISING AGENTS FOR THEIR QUICK ACTION —
QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED – THE BIGGEST — *HOW* THE SHOOTER was ABLE TO GET ON TOP OF A ROOF LESS THAN 500 FEET FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT?
REPORTS SAY WITNESSES SPOTTED THE SUSPECT CARRYING A RIFLE OUTSIDE THE SECURITY AREA OF THE RALLY AND ALERTED LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AN OFFICER REPORTEDLY APPROACHED THE SHOOTER ON THE ROOF. THE SUSPECT POINTED A GUN AT THE OFFICER WHO RETREATED — MOMENTS LATER THE SUSPECT FIRED AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
N-B-C NEWS REPORTS THE ROOFTOP WHERE THE SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM *WAS* IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL VULNERABILITY… BUT IT FELL OUTSIDE THE SECRET SERVICE’S SECURITY PERIMETER… THE AGENCY DESIGNATED THAT BUILDING TO BE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT — WHICH THE AGENCY’S SPOKEMAN SAID IS NOT UNCOMMON.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DIRECTED AN ‘INDEPENDENT REVIEW” OF THE SECURITY MEASURES TAKEN BEFORE AND AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT… AND HAS CALLED FOR A REVIEW OF SECURITY MEASURES BEING TAKEN AT THIS WEEK’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.