A local police officer fired shots at the gunman who opened fire at former President Donald Trump on Saturday, a local law enforcement official disclosed Wednesday, also saying that the Secret Service was told by local police officials that they lacked the manpower to secure a building where the suspect was perched.
Richard Goldinger, the district attorney in Butler County, Pennsylvania, told the New York Times in an exclusive interview that a local officer in Butler shot at the gunman, who the FBI identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks. That officer, Mr. Goldinger said, did not fire the kill shot and he added that he did not know if the officer struck Mr. Crooks with gunfire.
