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Newly reported transcripts depict communication breakdown hindering law enforcement at Butler Trump rally
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An accounting of encrypted law enforcement communication transcripts from the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally last month were chronicled in the Washington Post.
According to encrypted radio communications obtained by the newspaper, at 5:42 p.m. ET on July 13, a counter-sniper from a local law enforcement agency alerted that a "younger White male [with] long hair" was "lurking" around the AGR glass company building adjacent to the Butler Farm Show grounds – but had since disappeared from view. Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
Within a half-hour, that suspicious individual – Thomas Crooks – would fire shots at former President Trump from atop that low-rise building and kill a local firefighter in the process. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.