 or whether or not someone in the government inhibited the snipers from firing on the subject if they had him in their sights. The 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Crooks, had become a suspicious person almost an hour before he climbed onto the roof of the nearby single-story AGR International building to try and kill Trump. He was screened by the metal detector as he went in and out of the venue, but was not detained for possessing a handheld rangefinder. He then went back out of the rally venue where he left the grounds,