CNN —Text messages and radio chatter released Monday show that law enforcement officers lost sight of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and further illustrate the confused communications around tracking him at the July 13 rally.
Twenty minutes later he sent those images to a group chat, the texts show.
I lost sight of him.”At 5:38 p.m., a Beaver County sniper sends photos of Crooks to the Beaver, Butler and Washington snipers group chat.
“They are asking for a direction of travel,” one person wrote at 5:59 p.m., referring to the command center.
The redacted entries reveal the communications as the information is passed up the chain.
Persons:
Donald Trump’s, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Sen, Chuck Grassley’s, Crooks, “, Charles E, Grassley, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Trump, ”, Co, Emergency Services Unit, Sen, Grassley
Locations:
Beaver, Butler, Washington