Text messages show how Trump gunman evaded cops: 'He knows you guys are up there'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : Three minutes later, Trump took to the stage and was met with cheers from his crowd of supporters.
56% : At 6.09pm, Crooks was spotted by members of the public on the roof which gave him a clear line of sight of Trump.
54% : "The messages were greeted with a thumbs up emoji at 4.27pm, before another officer said "roger that," at 4.39pm.Without knowing his specific identity, Crooks was firmly on the authorities' radar well before Trump took to the stage - and it appears that law enforcement was also on Crooks' radar too.
54% : He abruptly changed course, clambering onto the low-slung structure - Building No. 6 - in a complex closest to the stage, text messages show.
53% : It also emrgd that, at around 3.50pm that day, Crooks had flown a drone for 11 minutes over a path about 200 yards from the podium where Trump would stand.
49% : At 6pm, three minutes before Trump took to the stage, Crooks was said to have headed away from the rally, back towards the AGR International building.
40% : Two minutes later, the 20-year-old began firing a barrage of eight rounds from his AR-15 rifle toward Trump, striking the president in the ear, killing one rallygoer and wounding two others.

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