A witness described seeing a man with a rifle on the roof of a building near the site of the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump’s campaign rally.
Despite alerting the police to the unusual sight, the response was slow, and Trump continued speaking.
Just minutes before shots were fired at a Donald Trump event in Pennsylvania, a gunman was spotted on a rooftop. According to an eyewitness, the police were sluggish in reacting to the warning.
Greg, the witness, recounted to the BBC that he had reported seeing the man crawl atop a structure near the event while carrying a rifle.
He saw the gunman around five minutes into Mr. Trump’s speech, he claimed.
“We noticed the guy bear-crawling up the roof of the building beside us, 50ft away from us,” he said.
“He had a rifle, we could see a rifle.
“We’re pointing at him, the police are down there running around on the ground, we’re like: ‘Hey man, there’s a guy on the roof with a rifle’… and the police did not know what was going on.
“I’m thinking to myself: ‘Why is Trump still speaking, why have they not pulled him off the stage’… the next thing you know, five shots ring out,” he said.
