Beaver County SWAT claims lack of communication with Secret Service

A Beaver County SWAT sniper said his team had no contact July 13 with former President Donald Trump’s Secret Service detail before he spotted would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks scoping out a building with a rangefinder near the Butler County fairgrounds where the 20-year-old Bethel Park man later fired on Trump.

 

An hour after sniper Gregory Nicol warned security officials and command staff about Crooks, the alleged shooter opened fire at the political rally, grazing Trump’s ear with a bullet, killing a Buffalo Township firefighter and critically injuring two others.