Overview
- Judicial Watch released FBI documents, including a July 16, 2024 FD-302, stating police radioed reports of an unknown male acting suspiciously before the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting.
- According to the FD-302, one report said the male looked at a law-enforcement sniper position and information was relayed over the radio to Command, the Secret Service, and Pennsylvania State Police.
- The FBI produced the records after Judicial Watch sued following the bureau’s failure to comply with a July 2024 FOIA request.
- Additional interview summaries describe a suspicious person photographed with a range finder and a radio call reporting a long gun on a roof shortly before shots were fired.
- Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton said the materials raise questions about Secret Service protection and criticized the delay in disclosure, with no official agency responses reported in the coverage.