Butler Township Town Manager Speaks Out on Police Broadcasting Warning on “Blanket Tactical Channel” About Would-Be Trump Assassin on Roof of AGR Building
Butler Township Town Manager Tom Knights spoke to the media and issued a statement Wednesday afternoon on the contact one of their police officers had with Thomas Crooks, the would-be assassin of President Trump on Saturday, saying the officers involved had radioed a warning on a “blanket tactical channel” about the gunman.
Law enforcement officers gather on the roof over the body of the slain would-be Trump assassin at President Trump’s rally in Butler, PA, July 13, 2024, photo by Kristinn Taylor.
Knight’s statement explained that the only role assigned to local police that day was for traffic control for the arrival and departure of Trump’s motorcade at his rally being held at the Butler Farm Show venue.
Several officers broke away from the post after Trump’s arrival around 6 p.m.
