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Wray was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall has-gated-overlay gated-article-body\">\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay show-gate\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-title\">Join Fox News for access to this content<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-subtitle\">You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal tablet-desktop\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/a>.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"message error hide\"><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/div>\n<form class=\"article-gating-form\"><input placeholder=\"Enter your email\" name=\"gate-email\" type=\"email\" required=\"required\" class=\"article-gating-input\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal mobile\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/a>.\n      <\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"gate-email-submit\" value=\"Continue\" class=\"input-submit\"><\/form>\n<footer class=\"article-gating-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.foxnews.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/23074352680475-Are-you-encountering-any-technical-challenges-while-trying-to-log-into-Fox-News-to-access-special-content\" class=\"article-gating-help\">Having trouble? Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><span class=\"dateline\">PITTSBURGH \u2013 <\/span>After Pennsylvania police leaders revealed there were at least two other suspicious individuals besides would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks spotted at the July 13 Trump rally, experts tell Fox News Digital that reports of &#8220;suspicious&#8221; or &#8220;unusual&#8221; people at Secret Service events are common.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Pennsylvania&#8217;s State Police commissioner, Col. Christopher Paris, testified before the House Homeland Security Committee this week that at least two other suspicious individuals were identified at the rally before Crooks launched his attempt on the life of former President Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Actual &#8220;threats&#8221; are rare, and the gunman is believed to have acted alone. But the state police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/butler-county-da-pushes-back-against-trump-shooting-testimony-from-pennsylvania-state-police-commissioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commissioner&#8217;s testimony<\/a> raised new questions about different aspects of the attempted assassination of Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/trump-shooter-not-only-suspicious-person-butler-rally-pennsylvania-state-police-commissioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP SHOOTER WAS NOT ONLY SUSPICIOUS PERSON AT BUTLER RALLY: PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/2024-07-14T050843Z_1722740492_RC2RU8AKF74V_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-scaled-e1721945398663.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Pennsylvania State Police Colonel Christopher Paris in full uniform standing on the right during a news briefing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI Pittsburgh field office, left, speaks as Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris looks on during a press conference at a police station in Butler, Pennsylvania, after former President Trump was injured when shots were fired during a campaign rally on July 13.<\/span> <span>(Reuters\/Brendan McDermid)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paris told lawmakers that before the deadly rally, he asked the Secret Service about a building where Crooks would later climb up and open fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We were told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>that Butler [Emergency Services Unit] ESU<\/u><\/a> was responsible for that area, by several Secret Service agents on that walk-through,&#8221; he said. County leaders have disputed that statement.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators spent days grilling law enforcement leaders on the rally\u2019s security failures and several have visited the scene, about an hour&#8217;s drive north of Pittsburgh, in person. Within days of testifying Monday, U.S. Secret Service Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-rally-shooting-fbi-investigation-attempted-assassination-july-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimberly Cheatle resigned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>WATCH: Butler Township commissioner says Trump rally police were &#8216;strictly for traffic control&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div caption=\"Edward Natali says the local police force was left 'completely demoralized' by the 'finger pointing' in the aftermath of the Pennsylvania rally shooting and describes what happened when the gunman aimed at an officer attempting to get on the roof. \" originalimageurl=\"https:\/\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/8a61f557-db63-454b-aa23-e9e647474a67\/dc8f7971-9a14-4c29-b6e5-cca59004b596\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"\" data-video-title=\"Butler Township commissioner says Trump rally police were 'strictly for traffic control'\" data-video-id=\"6359123812112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"video\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6359123812112\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/8a61f557-db63-454b-aa23-e9e647474a67\/dc8f7971-9a14-4c29-b6e5-cca59004b596\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Butler Township commissioner says Trump rally police were 'strictly for traffic control'\"> <span class=\"overlay\">Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paris testified in front of the House Homeland Security Committee this week that at least two other people had been deemed suspicious in addition to Crooks. The would-be assassin became &#8220;even more suspicious&#8221; after authorities saw him with a range finder, he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;The [counter-sniper] teams were not focused in that area because they believed that the building&#8217;s rooftop\/roof access was covered. It wasn\u2019t till he started firing that they then turn their attention over there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"quote-author\">\u2014 Bill Gage, retired Secret Service agent<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He was also wearing a backpack and moving around outside the perimeter, prompting police to keep an eye on him. Officers approached but he ran off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;There was a text thread that was going \u2014 they took a photo of him at some point when he utilized the range finder,&#8221; he told lawmakers. &#8220;The suspicion was heightened&#8230; I know from an interview that was immediately relayed in the command post to the Secret Service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/trump-shooting-timeline-assassination-attempt-raises-questions-about-how-gunman-evaded-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRUMP SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/Thomas-Matthew-Crooks-Donald-Trump-Assassination-Attempt_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Undated file photo of Thomas Matthew Crooks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Thomas Matthew Crooks is alleged to be the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.<\/span> <span>(Obtained by Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A person can be flagged as suspicious or unusual for a number of reasons, and the Secret Service has investigators in the field to rapidly assess such an individual, experts say.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Suspicious person&#8217;? Not uncommon. Very low bar. \u2018Genuine threat\u2019? Much rarer, and Crooks progressed to the latter,&#8221; said Paul Mauro, a retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYPD inspector<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crooks was initially seen without a weapon, so authorities deemed him suspicious at that time, but not a full-blown threat, Paris testified.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;They were out looking for him when he began shooting. They were just a few seconds too late.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"quote-author\">\u2014 Bill Gage, retired Secret Service agent<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Every single event I worked, which is thousands, there were suspicious people and events that have to be investigated,&#8221; said Bill Gage, a retired Secret Service agent and a consultant at Safehaven Security Group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/Trump-rally-photo.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Armed men stand over the body of the would-be Trump assassin, whose face is blurred\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Authorities approach the suspected gunman where he fell after the U.S. Secret Service returned fire after an apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.<\/span> <span>(Obtained by Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/whistleblower-reveals-why-trump-rally-officer-assigned-shooters-perch-moved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS WHY TRUMP RALLY OFFICER ASSIGNED TO SHOOTER&#8217;S PERCH MOVED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police and the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) also may have differing definitions of what exactly constitutes a suspicious person, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why did the director of PSP [Pennsylvania State Police] label them as suspicious? Did they approach an officer and ask for Trump&#8217;s autograph? A local might think that\u2019s suspicious, but to USSS it\u2019s kinda normal,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Or was someone sort of the proverbial long trench coat on a hot day?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gage said that while Paris was forthcoming in his testimony, the answers he gave raise entirely new questions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crooks \u2018ran off\u2019 from the officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/sen-ron-johnson-releases-preliminary-findings-probe-trump-assassination-attempt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when confronted?<\/a> That\u2019s very odd behavior at an event,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Running from the police and you have a backpack? Was that info relayed to the command post? What was the command post told?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_23.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A law enforcement officer moves during republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's rally\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A law enforcement officer reacts during former President Trump&#8217;s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.<\/span> <span>(Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb7\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gage also wanted to know more about the &#8220;text thread&#8221; that law enforcement officers were said to be using to communicate regarding Crooks\u2019 initial sighting and disappearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban8\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban8\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/officer-reported-man-trump-rally-range-finder-30-mins-before-assassination-attempt-source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OFFICER REPORTED MAN AT TRUMP RALLY WITH RANGE-FINDER 30 MINS BEFORE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: SOURCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And that Crooks was on the roof for three minutes? Three minutes is an eternity for a sniper,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The CS teams were not focused in that area because they believed that the building&#8217;s rooftop\/roof access was covered. It wasn\u2019t till he started firing that they then turn their attention over there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/Donald-Trump-Butler-PA-Shooting_02.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Former President Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Mauro, the burning question is about where county personnel were stationed as the Secret Service and local partners tried to track Crooks down once action was deemed necessary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb8\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb8\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban9\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban9\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Did anyone remain in that second floor observation post or not?&#8221; he pondered, referring to a vantage point near where Crooks opened fire.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing the operational plan to congressional investigators would help clear up lingering confusion about who was placed where, and why the security breach was allowed to happen, he added.<\/p>\n<p>During her own testimony this week, Cheatle confirmed Crooks had been spotted outside the secure perimeter prior to the shooting and said authorities had been alerted to reports of a suspicious person &#8220;somewhere between two and five times.&#8221; At another point in her testimony, she said she believed Crooks acted alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/343\/192\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/686\/384\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/672\/378\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1344\/756\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/931\/523\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1862\/1046\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/720\/405\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1440\/810\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1200\/675\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-senate-judiciary-committee.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"FBI Director Christopher Wray at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2023.<\/span> <span>(Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban10\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban10\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crooks was elevated from a suspicious person to an actual threat &#8220;seconds before the gunfire started,&#8221; she added. Cheatle later stepped down after bipartisan calls for her resignation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb9\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb9\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray also testified on Capitol Hill, revealing some of the information investigators have been able to glean off of Crooks&#8217; phone and laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Crooks was researching prior presidential assassinations \u2014 including by searching Google for the phrase, &#8220;how far away was Oswald from Kennedy?&#8221; \u2014 on the same day he registered to attend the rally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban11\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban11\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Starting somewhere around July 6 or so, he became very focused on former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump<\/a> and this rally,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the FBI later said the investigation into Crooks was a top priority.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb10\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb10\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban12\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban12\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Since the day of the attack, the FBI has been consistent and clear that the shooting was an attempted assassination of former President Trump which resulted in his injury, as well as the death of a heroic father and the injuries of several other victims,&#8221; a spokesperson said. &#8220;This was a heinous attack and the FBI is devoting enormous resources to learn everything possible about the shooter and what led to his act of violence. The FBI\u2019s Shooting Reconstruction Team continues to examine evidence from the scene, including bullet fragments, and the investigation remains ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the 20-year-old failed to kill the GOP presidential candidate, he did kill a bystander named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/trump-shooting-victim-corey-comperatore-pennsylvania-community-mourns-hero-firefighter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corey Comperatore<\/a>, 50, and wound at least two others in the audience, David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74. Trump, who ducked for cover and was later pictured with blood on the right side of his head, said he had been struck in the ear.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime&#8221; this week that the Secret Service allowed him to walk out on stage without warning him there was anyone suspicious lurking on the outskirts of the rally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb11\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb11\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban13\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban13\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Christina Coulter and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Trump gunman searched about JFK assassination week before rally: FBI director FBI Director Christopher Wray disclosed Wednesday that Trump gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks searched \u2018how far away was Oswald from Kennedy?\u2019 a week before the Pennsylvania rally. Wray was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. 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