JUST SO YOU KNOW--NEWLY SURFACED TEXTS SHOW TRUMP RALLY GUNMAN WAS ON AUTHORITIES' RADAR MORE THAN 90 MINUTES BEFORE SHOOTING

Newly surfaced texts show Trump rally gunman was on authorities’ radar more than 90 minutes before shooting: report

Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks landed on authorities’ radar more than 90 minutes before he opened fire at the former president’s Pennsylvania campaign rally — roughly a half hour more than what officials previously claimed — according to newly released text messages.

Text messages between members of the Beaver County Emergency Service Unit obtained by the New York Times revealed a more concrete — and earlier — timeline leading up to the shooting that grazed the former president’s ear, injured two rallygoers and killed one. GO TO Texts messages between members of Beaver County Emergency Service Unit obtained by the New York Times revealed an earlier timeline leading up to the shooting than previously disclosed.