Secret Service Director Says Local Police Were Inside Building Used by Trump Shooter

‘There was local police in that building,’ agency Director Kimberly Cheatle said Tuesday morning.

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is seen in a file photo. Kamil Krzaczynski/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Tuesday that local police officers were inside a building as a shooter on the roof opened fire on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

“There was local police in that building—there was local police in the area that were responsible for the outer perimeter of the building,” she told ABC News in an exclusive interview, referring to officers with the Butler Police Department.