Video Shows Crowd Warning Law Enforcement About Gunman Before He Fired at Trump

Video taken by a bystander shows people pointing to the man suspected of shooting at former President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania and frantically warning law enforcement, just two minutes before the first burst of gunfire rang out, according to an analysis of the footage by The New York Times.

“Someone’s on top of the roof,” one person is heard saying. “There he is, right there.”

“He’s on the roof!” says another, calling to an officer. “Right here, right on the roof.”

The footage shows the suspected gunman lying prone on the roof of a white structure, which The Times previously identifiedas the location from which shots were fired. The building is roughly 400 feet from the stage where Mr. Trump was standing, but was outside the rally’s security perimeter.

The video was taken at 6:09 p.m., two minutes before Mr. Trump was shot, according to the Times analysis. As the camera zooms in, the man crawls from the edge of the roof toward its peak. At that moment, he was likely out of sight of Secret Service sharpshooters on another building’s roof about 400 feet away.

At one point in the video, at least one law enforcement officer appears to be walking near the building, but it’s unclear if the officer heard the warnings or knew a potential shooter was on the roof.