Officers left post overlooking roof before shooter ascended: State police commissioner

(The Hill) -- Two local officers stationed inside a building overlooking the roof from which Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump left their post moments before the shooter ascended, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) told a House committee on Tuesday.

The Butler Emergency Services Unit (ESU), a SWAT-trained team of area law enforcement, was the first to identify Crooks as a suspicious person after he failed to enter the venue ahead of Trump’s speech...