Incredible new footage shows immediate aftermath of Trump shooting and why former president kept asking Secret Service agents for his shoes

Incredible caller video shows nan chaotic aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and reveals what led to nan erstwhile president visibly asking for his shoes back.

Secret Service - who person travel nether dense scrutiny for their efforts that time - was speedy to respond aft Thomas Crooks, 20, fired shots and instantly surrounded nan erstwhile president to insulate and shield him from much gunfire. 

Initially dazed, Trump told agents, 'let maine get my shoes, fto maine get my shoes' arsenic he sewage up from nan ground. 

The video, posted by WBEN just arsenic Trump was arriving astatine nan RNC successful his first quality since nan assassination attempt, covers an perspective antecedently unseen amid nan chaos from down Trump arsenic he spoke. 

It shows nan Secret Service tackling Trump and removing his shoes and tossing them disconnected nan stage.

Trump himself has besides seen nan bizarre broadside of nan incident, confirming what was visible connected nan video clip in the first question and reply he gave aft nan shooting. 

'The agents deed maine truthful difficult that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,' he said. 

Trump has praised nan velocity and spot of his security.

He said he received a bruise connected his limb conscionable from a concealed work personnel keeping him connected nan floor.

'That's conscionable from a feline grabbing me,' Trump said. 'You cognize really beardown you person to beryllium to do that?' 

'They did a awesome job,' he added. 'It's surreal for each of us.'  

He told nan Secret Service he wanted to effort and spell backmost to nan podium and support speaking. 

'I wanted to support speaking - I wanted to support speaking, but I conscionable sewage shot. It's a very surreal experience, and you ne'er cognize what you're going to do until a point for illustration that happens.' 

A squad of snipers were wrong nan building wherever Donald Trump's 20-year-old would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks from nan tile and opened occurrence aft being spotted climbing into his shooting position 26 minutes earlier, bombshell caller reports claim. 

The shocking caller allegations surfaced arsenic authorities and nan U.S. Secret Service look mounting questions complete really Crooks was capable to sprout nan erstwhile president and termination a personnel of nan rally crowd.

One of nan snipers saw Crooks extracurricular nan building and staring up astatine nan tile wherever he would yet perpetrate nan shooting, CBS News reported. 

Another sniper moreover took a photograph of Crooks aft he went back, sat down and checked his phone. 

Snipers began to return existent action erstwhile Crooks sewage retired a rangefinder, pinch 1 of them sending a power connection to their bid post, earlier Crooks vanished erstwhile more. 

He returned erstwhile again, however, pinch a backpack. Multiple snipers radioed that he was headed to nan backmost of nan building. 

However, by nan clip backup arrived, he'd already gotten to nan roof, pinch immoderate officers hypothesizing that he utilized an aerial conditioning portion to make his climb. 

By nan clip authorities constabulary arrived astatine nan segment Crooks had already done his harm and been killed by a Secret Service sniper. 

A horrifying video shows witnesses pointing astatine nan tile and shouting astatine officers trying to pass them. MAGA fans besides opportunity they alerted rule enforcement to Crooks arsenic he crawled to his shooting position, but he was still capable to shoot.

Law enforcement astatine nan arena successful Butler, Pennsylvania are facing aggravated scrutiny aft it was revealed nan tile was flagged arsenic a information 'vulnerability'.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said connected Monday nighttime that she would not resign despite mounting calls for her to measurement speech complete nan immense lapses that led to 1 of nan astir horrific acts of governmental unit successful history. 

Local police, not nan Secret Service, swept nan building, but Crooks was still capable to climb to nan apical and return purpose astatine nan erstwhile president. 

The erstwhile president, 78, survived nan horrifying assassination effort erstwhile nan slug missed him by little than an inch connected Saturday afternoon.

It came 8 minutes aft he took nan shape astatine 6:03pm ET, wherever Trump began his remarks and pointed to a ample schematic successful nan aforesaid guidance wherever nan shooter was perched atop an AGR International building.

Even earlier he took nan stage, Trump supporters said they spotted nan gunman 'bear-crawling' crossed nan tile pinch a rifle, but claimed their warnings to Secret Service were ignored.

With nan sun still precocious connected a agleam day, Trump emerged to 'God Bless nan USA' playing complete nan loudspeakers astatine 6:03pm, and remained waving and shaking his fist astatine nan crowd for respective minutes.

Trump brought retired a ample schematic pinch statistic connected nan migrant situation astatine nan confederate border, and told nan crowd astatine 6:11pm: 'That chart's a mates of months old...'

'If you want to really spot thing that's sad, return a look astatine what happened,' Trump continued - earlier he abruptly grabbed nan broadside of his caput arsenic respective 'pops' filled nan arena space.

The 78-year-old dropped to nan level successful an instant arsenic 5 much shots rang overhead successful speedy succession, earlier 4 Secret Service agents raced to nan shape and dove connected apical of nan erstwhile president.

Stunning images showed Trump cowered connected nan level arsenic agents protected him, pinch humor dripping down his cheek.

Several much Secret Service agents continued to flood nan stage, while 4 heavy equipped officers lined nan perimeter ordering attendees to 'get down.'

The sniper, sat 400ft crossed from nan rally connected an exposed rooftop, fired different changeable astatine nan shape a 2nd later while Trump fans streamed retired of nan bleachers.

Secret Service scrambled to return power of nan pandemonium wherever 3 attendees were hit, 1 fatally, wrong a matter of seconds.

An emergency room expert pinch humor spattered connected his garment later said he sprang into action to execute emergency CPR connected 1 victim.

'The feline had spun astir was jammed betwixt nan benches and a caput changeable here. There's tons of humor and he had encephalon matter,' he told CBS News.

'So I sewage him together truthful I sewage group location really helpful. I did CPR thorax compressions arsenic well.'

Trump returned to nationalist life and campaigning with a triumphant appearance astatine nan opening nighttime of nan Republican National Convention connected Monday successful Milwaukee.