CNN ran a story documenting the shooters movements ahead of the shooting.
First this story is factually inaccurate. They claim the shooter bought a 5FT ladder. No way. That ladder is 12-20FT based off photos.
Example: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/00-92.jpg
I know why they claim a 5FT dinky ladder was bought... because he drove a tiny lil beta male car. Hyundai Sonota. No way would the real ladder fit in a Hyundai Sonota.
On top of that, the article details a sophisticated plot where this kid knew how to build IEDs and wire them to a detonation switch that he could trigger remotely. The bomb was wired into his trunk.
But with all this preemptive planning, he forgot to pick ammo up for his rifle and didnt have the ladder until the morning of, so he had to go buy those items to pack into the backseat of his car (member the trunk was full with a bomb) the morning of.
He drove an hour away and knew he needed a big ass ladder to scale the building tho, 5 FT definetly not.
It doesnt add up. Please tell me how a giant ladder gets into a Hyundai Sonota?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/us/thomas-crooks-trump-rally-shooting-invs/index.html
I agree, the story does not add up with the picture of that ladder, and the type of car he drove. That picture shows what appears to be -10 -15 foot step-ladder, which is somewhat bulky, and cumbersome to carry, and haul in (or even on top) of a car. It's much bigger than a 5 foot ladder. So, is the picture wrong; or is that a typo in the article description (5 instead of 15)?
One theory someone else here on GAW presented, is that the picture of the ladder may be a picture of the ladder LEO's used to get onto roof after the event. Plausible, but we need to know- when was that picture taken, is it a real picture; is that the ladder the shooter used, or did cops bring that ladder after the shooting?
Obviously, if that is indeed the real ladder that the shooter used, then we need to find an explanation for how the shooter was able to get that [large] ladder on location, and set up, without being noticed.
But, this new info about an alleged trunk IED is a big twist in the story imo. Lot's of questions about that, and the details surrounding the IED. My big question is- did the shooter put the IED in his trunk...or, did his handler? Did the shooter even know that his car was rigged with a bomb? Or, was that bomb placed there by someone else as "insurance" to clean up "loose ends"?