Newly released video shows chaos and confusion after Trump assassination attempt

Newly released body camera video reveals the chaotic law enforcement response to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last month.

The footage obtained by NPR shows what was seen by the local officer who encountered the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, moments before the shooter opened fire at the July 13 rally in Butler, Penn.

The video shows the officer's point of view as he runs toward the building where the gunman had taken position on the roof. A fellow officer hoists him up, and the officer peeks over the roof.

The encounter lasts just a split second, then the officer immediately drops back down, hits the ground and runs to the other side of the building.

The video has no audio, because the officer, at this point, didn't activate hisbody cam and it was only recovered after the fact, the Butler Township Police Department said.

A timeline from law enforcement indicates that moments following this encounter the gunman began shooting.

About a minute passes while the officer runs from his encounter with the shooter, to the side of the building and back to his car to load a long gun he has in his back seat. At this point the officer hits record on his body camera and audio begins. The officer, whose name was not released, then directs other arriving officers on the scene.

The officer who encountered the shooter recounts to arriving law enforcement: “This close. Bro, dude, he turned around on me.”

Another officer asks where the shooter is. The officer who saw him says, “He’s straight up! Right where you picked me up, bro? He was on that left side.”

He describes the gunman having “glasses, long hair. He’s got a book bag, he’s got mad s***.”

As he is doing this his body camera captures a number of law