Possible security lapses in focus after Trump rally shooting

14/7/2024 13:04

        Republican lawmakers said they would launch swift investigations into how a sniper apparently managed to evade Secret Service agents and climb onto the roof of a building near where Donald Trump was speaking at an election rally and fire multiple shots before being killed.
        
        While information about the incident is still sparse, early media reports said the shooter was outside the security perimeter of the rally venue in Butler, Pennsylvania. At least one person interviewed by the BBC said he tried to alert police and the Secret Service, to no avail, to the apparent sniper.
        
        Trump supporters blasted the Secret Service, which has the primary responsibility for protecting Trump as a former U.S. president. Billionaire ally Elon Musk called for the agency's leadership to resign.
        
        The Secret Service said shortly after the shooting that it has begun an investigation and briefed Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump's rival in the Nov. 15 election, though the agency did not immediately respond to additional requests for comment regarding its protocols.