BREAKING: New Video Of Trump Shooter Throws Massive Wrench Into Reported Timeline

A new video has surfaced throwing into doubt the timeline of events leading up to the shooting of former President Donald Trump at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The clip, captured unwittingly by a vendor at the event, showed assailant Thomas Matthew Crooks wandering through merchandise stalls just hours before the incident, challenging previous accounts of his whereabouts.

The footage, recorded by Joe Tomko, owner of Iron Clad USA, at 4:26 pm on July 13, marked the earliest confirmed sighting of Crooks at the rally. This coincides precisely with a message sent by a local police sniper who reported seeing a man believed to be Crooks sitting at a nearby picnic table. However, group texts among snipers from Beaver, Butler, and Washington County suggest Crooks was spotted in a different location around the same time.

Tomko disclosed to the Daily Mail that he was unaware he had captured Crooks on camera until reviewing the footage a week later. “I was having breakfast with my parents and my father asked me if I ever looked through all my footage from that day,” Tomko told the outlet. “So I watched it all late in the evening and I just about jumped out of my skin [when I saw him], I was in such disbelief.”

In the video, Crooks was by himself, dressed in the same outfit he had on when he was fatally shot by the Secret Service.

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Tomko mentioned that he pondered over the video for two days before handing it over to investigators and responding to their inquiries. He also pointed out that the vendor area lacked security, allowing anyone to enter from the street. Attendees would then pass through the booths before reaching a checkpoint with airport-style security to access the main rally area.

Meanwhile, another sniper, James Woods from Beaver County, had finished his shift and noticed someone matching Crooks’ description about 50 yards from an exit, texting his colleagues at 4:26 pm to alert them to the suspicious individual. Crooks, 20, disappeared from view and did not resurface until just after 6:00 pm, when Greg Nicol, another local sniper, saw him running with a backpack. Nicol attempted to follow Crooks, but lost sight of him just as police converged on the area.

Video evidence showed Crooks climbing onto the roof of a nearby building at approximately 6:06 pm. Within minutes, local police and Secret Service were notified, with a radio call at 6:09 pm alerting agents to “someone on the roof with white shorts.”

The showdown reached its peak at 6:11 pm when Crooks, realizing he was cornered, opened fire, initially grazing Trump’s right ear as he turned away. Crooks managed to discharge a total of eight bullets before a Secret Service counter-sniper fatally shot him. The investigation into the shooting continues, with authorities piecing together Crooks’ movements and motivations.

Despite being often bullied, Crooks excelled in school and earned an associate degree in engineering science just months before the shooting. Crooks also worked as a dietary aide and had no known criminal record or mental health issues. The motives for his actions remain unclear, and the FBI is conducting an ongoing investigation into the incident. His searches prior to the assassination attempt included high-profile figures and violent events, indicating a premeditated action.

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