 And then they lost track of him, and then they were looking to see him, and they couldn't find him, and they were trying to find him, and they didn't know where he went. A local police counter-sniper team was stationed inside the building that Thomas Crooks crawled to the top of to fire and nearly kill President Trump, according to a shocking report. The building was a watch post for the local police snipers to scan for threats in law enforcement, according to the New York Post.