Exclusive: PITTSBURGH — Video taken by James Copenhaver, one of the victims seriously injured in the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump, shows a figure moving across the roof of the American Glass Research (AGR) building minutes before shots rang out at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
In the video taken at 6:08 p.m. on July 13, a person appears on the roof of a building adjacent to where President Trump is speaking, and is seen walking from the 1 minute 00 second mark to around 2 minutes 50 seconds.
Authorities believe the shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, began firing with an AR-15 folding rifle three minutes later, at approximately 6:11 p.m. A counter sniper shot and killed Crooks shortly thereafter, and law enforcement officials found eight shell casings near his body.
Crooks killed 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, a husband, father and former Buffalo Township Fire Chief, in an attempted assassination of the former president. Crooks also seriously injured 74-year-old Copenhaver and 57-year-old David Duch. Both victims were shot twice, according to a person familiar with the incident.
Attorney Joseph Feldman of the Law Offices of Max C. Feldman said Copenhaver was not filming when he was shot. Feldman said Copenhaver stopped filming when everyone turned their heads to look at the projection screen.
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New video taken by James Copenhaver, one of the victims seriously injured in the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump, shows a figure moving across a rooftop minutes before shots rang out at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. (James Copenhaver)
Feldman told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that Copenhaver was released from Allegheny General Hospital on July 26 but is still recovering at a rehabilitation center.
Feldman said Copenhaver’s first wound was to his arm and the second was to his stomach.
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Pictured is James Copenhaver and his wife. (James Copenhaver)
As the first shots rang out, Trump and the rally attendees turned to a big screen displaying immigration statistics.
“He apparently saw or heard something go past him, it was a bullet. He felt the bullet in his arm and looked down at his arm… He felt pain at first, but at that point he didn’t even realize he’d been shot a second time. He may have been in shock,” Feldman said of Copenhaver.
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James Copenhaver is recovering after being shot during an assassination attempt at a rally for former President Trump on July 13 in Pennsylvania. (Allegheny Health Network)
There was screaming and “pandemonium,” and it took Mr Copenhaver a while to realise what had happened to him.
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FBI officials told reporters at a press conference on Monday that Crooks climbed through air conditioning units and ducts to gain access to the roof of the AGR building, then traversed multiple rooftops before finding a spot on the roof of the AGR building where he had a direct view of the former president.
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Prior to the July 6 shooting, Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, researched how far Oswald was from the late President John F. Kennedy when he assassinated him in 1963.
On July 7, he went to the rally and spent about 20 minutes in the area, according to Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office.
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On the day of the rally, Crooks parked his car and flew the drone between 3:50 and 4:00 p.m., about 200 yards from where the former president was scheduled to speak on July 13. FBI Director Christopher Wray At a congressional hearing on July 17, Crooks testified that he was at the rally for about 70 minutes on the morning of the assassination attempt.
Deputies pose for a photo on the roof of a building near the Butler Farm Show in Pennsylvania on July 22. (Fox News Digital)
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Police authorities noticed a suspicious person near the rally about 90 minutes before the shooting began and took a photograph of Crooks at about 4:36 p.m.
The FBI is still trying to determine Crooks’ motive for the shooting.
Fox News’ Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
