Chilling texts, obtained by the New York Times from local law enforcement, detail the frantic communications of Counter snipers tasked with protecting Trump during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
One of the Counter snipers sent a message to his colleagues indicating that his shift was ending. At approximately 4:26 PM, he observed a suspicious individual—later identified as the assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks—sitting on a picnic table just 50 yards from the exit.
“Guys I am out. Be safe,” the sniper wrote. “Someone followed our lead and snuck in and parked by our cars just so you know. I’m just letting you know because you see me go out with my rifle and put it in my car so he knows you guys are up there.” He added that Crooks was “sitting to the direct right on a picnic table about 50 yards from the exit” in a message sent at 4:27 PM, a little over 90 minutes before the gunman fired. The two other Counter snipers responded with a thumbs-up emoji and a “Roger that.”
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