Butler Police Department has released over two minutes' worth of video showing officers responding to the dramatic scenes of Thomas Crooks opening fire on US President Donald Trump.
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00:00Dramatic new videos show for the first time police officers responding to the assassination
00:09attempt of former US President Donald Trump.
00:12Body cam footage released by Butler Police Department from July 13th depicts local police
00:18officers hoisted onto the roof where the gunman, Thomas Crooks, had taken position.
00:24The footage then shows police officers standing around the deceased body of the assailant
00:30who seconds before opened fire onto the rallying crowd.
00:34A bullet grazed the ear of the Republican presidential nominee and another killed a
00:39civilian.
00:41Trump was campaigning in Pennsylvania for the upcoming November presidential election.
00:46The attack follows a string of recent high-profile political assassination attempts such as the
00:51shooting of Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico and the killing of former Japanese Prime
00:56Minister Shinzo Abe.