A local police counter-sniper first noticed would-be assassin Thomas Crooks nearly an hour before shooting erupted, US Sen. Ron Johnson said.

The U.S. Secret Service allowed former President Donald J. Trump to go onstage at a huge Pennsylvania rally July 13 even though a local police counter-sniper said the eventual shooter was acting suspiciously and circulated photos of the suspect nearly an hour before the shooting, a U.S. senator said July 21.