After the shooting attack on Donald Trump during an election rally in Pennsylvania, many questions arose before the Secret Service.
Donald Trump was shot above his right ear when a suspected shooter opened fire during a campaign rally. Donald Trump survived the assassination attempt.
The FBI acted as the lead investigator in the incident, which left one person dead and two seriously injured.
Former US President Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt during an election rally
According to a BBC Urdu report, Secret Service Director Kimberly Chettle has been summoned to testify before the US House of Representatives on July 22.
Here are some things that security experts are asking regarding.
It is not yet clear how the suspected gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, gained access to the roof of a building near the rally that was a little more than 130 meters (430 feet) from Trump.
An eyewitness told the BBC that others, including him, had clearly seen gunmen crawling across the roof with a rifle. They notified the police, but the suspect wandered around for several minutes before opening fire and then fatally shooting himself.
The county sheriff confirmed that the suspects were spotted by a local police officer, who was unable to stop him in time. Something that is still not clear is whether this information reached the agents around Trump or not.
The spokesperson of the US Secret Service made a big claim regarding Trump’s security
According to a senior law enforcement official, the miscreants were already on the officials’ radar. Officers were acting suspiciously near the event’s magnetometer, he told CNN. This information was allegedly provided to the Secret Service.
The gunman fired his shots from what police described as a “secondary ring,” patrolled not by the Secret Service but by local and state officers.
A former Secret Service agent said such an arrangement only works if there is a clear plan for what to do immediately when a threat is perceived.
“When you rely on local police, you have to plan better,” Jonathan Wickrow told The Washington Post.