Also, it was an “unbelievable failure of intelligence” - which amusingly could be the name of her autobiography. Turns out the sniper apparently was confronted by a police officer in the minutes before firing, but the cop decided that discretion was the better part of valor and let the sniper get on with his business.

According to the AP, who spoke to two law enforcement officials on condition of anonymity, rallygoers noticed a man climbing to the top of the roof of the nearby building and warned local law enforcement.

This is when one local officer climbed to the roof and confronted Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder as Crooks quickly took a shot toward Trump who was speaking on stage and that’s when the U.S. Secret Service counter-snipers shot him, the AP reported.