The Illusive Ladder(s) Part 2

On July 18 I poster The Illusive Ladder(s)

This is part 2.

FBI director Wray testified to Congress that the shooter didn't use a ladder to get on the roof from which he shot at Trump on the 13th.

He also mentioned that the ladder that the shooter bought at Home Depot that morning was in their custody. He also said the shooter did not use a ladder to get on the roof.

Here is a Fox video showing bodycam police video just after the shooting.

NEW DETAILS: Trump rally shooter got onto roof without ladder, FBI says | LiveNOW from FOX

Stop that video at the 5:29 mark.

Notice the caption: "There's a ladder right here."

In that frame the police officer is pointing to the very location where a long ladder, a 10-foot stepladder, can be clearly seen in other footage just after the shooting.

I mentioned that ladder in my July 18 post.

Back to the Fox video.

Back up to the 5:23 mark. Notice two dark lines that appear to slant up towards the roof from the top of something just beyond the overhanging roof. Study it because it's not a clear picture but the two dark slanting lines are there.

Oddly enough that is the exact spot where two similar lines are visible in the Sky News helicopter footage taken just after the shooting. If you look at this loading dock in any other pictures or from the "street view" on Google Earth that clearly shows this loading dock, there's no sign of anything on top of that plastic locker.

I don't know... must be my imagination because Fox says there wasn't a ladder. Crooks didn't need a ladder.

Then again, the FBI are in custody of the 5-foot ladder that Crooks bought that morning.

Hmmmmm...

Problem Solved!

Well, this solves that problem, sort of. Here's another take of the Grassley police bodycam video that includes another scene:

New video of Trump assassination attempt

Stop the video at the 43 second mark (0:43).

There it is. The officer is climbing on a ladder that is at the very spot where that roof overhang meets the main roof. So that explains that ladder being where it is.

So when police first started going onto the roof after the shooting, they had a long 10-foot stepladder and... AND... this short black plastic ladder.

I mean, this explains everything... unless, of course, Home Depot sells this kind of ladder...

Hmmm...

Update:

A little searching and another look at the black ladder in the video and it appears to me that this black ladder is what is called a telescoping ladder.

Update:

Here is a much more comprehensive 28 plus minute video from the same bodycam. The swat team is seen climbing the ladder starting with their approach from 3:34 to 4:02. This clearly shows that this is a telescoping ladder and I estimate it to be 12 to 13 feet fully extended. 2 or 3 sections at the top are not extended out. It is beside the plastic storage shed, not on top.

Bodycam Footage from Moments After Trump Assassination Attempt

The video begins as the team approaches and walks past the walkway that lead to the stage Trump was on when he was shot. They move behind the stands that were behind Trump as he spoke and then jog to the perimeter fence between the stage area and the shooter's location.

The team approaches the main entrance of the building at the 3:00 mark, enters the building briefly with discussion of ladders for their access to the roof - "The ladders are in route" and something about minor stitching. They then move back outside and pass by the area where the 10-foot stepladder is, not seeing it - it's behind the trees - although the policeman in black points to it. They then see and move on to the telescoping ladder on the loading dock and climb that ladder to the roof.

Just now I located the Sky News helicopter footage I had seen perhaps a week ago where it appeared that there was a ladder on top of the storage shed. This video is in higher resolution and does show that the second ladder (not the stepladder) was beside and not on top of the plastic storage shed.

Both ladders are visible about 15 seconds into this video on Sky News posted the day after the shooting. Notice that the doors of the storage shed are open although they were closed in the video when the SWAT team climbed onto the roof, that the door the team first enters is open although it was locked when the SWAT team first arrived, and that there are no police or SWAT team members or anybody else on or around the building while the helicopter flew overhead. Two white police vehicles and a motorcycle appear in both videos but a black SUV in the Sky News video is missing when the SWAT team arrived.

Gunman identified as video shows body and rifle on roof after Trump shooting

On YouTube here:

Footage appears to show rifle and body on roof after Trump shot

Update July 27

This YouTube video shows the moment the telescoping ladder enters the scene, Police are running towards the building where the shooter lay dead on the roof and a policeman throws the telescoping ladder over a fence. It lands on the ground. Start at the 2:00 mark. The ladder appears at 2:16.

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