Update: A Fox correspondent reports that a local sniper team fired at Thomas Crooks. It might explain the audio analysis below.
The International Business Times and Infowars reported earlier this week that there might have been a third shooter based on an audio forensic analysis. The professor believes he can prove it. Oliver Alexander pointed to a significant error.
Before you become convinced that the professor is accurate, read Oliver Alexander’s analysis and that of the expert he consulted.
The IBT report:
Audio forensic experts from the National Center for Media Forensics at the University of Colorado suggest the possibility of a second shooter. Catalin Grigoras and Cole Whitecotton noted differences in the sound of the shots, indicating multiple weapons. While one shooter has been identified, and another was a Secret Service sniper, the third potential shooter remains unknown.
Former deputy undersecretary of defense Stephen Bryen highlighted this controversial analysis, urging further investigation. Initial gunfire came from the identified shooter Thomas Matthew Crook’s location, but a second burst was detected from a different spot. Acoustic evidence suggests at least two shooters, excluding the Secret Service.
The exact number of shots fired by Secret Service snipers is unclear, though most reports say it took one shot to neutralize the shooter. This sequence does not fully match the acoustic evidence, which points to a final shot that might have come from the snipers.
My jaw is on the floor
This PhD did a scientific analysis of all bullet audio signatures from the Trump assassination footage
CONCLUSION: Raw Audio evidence proves there were *at least* two shooters firing different weapons in two locations to kill Trumppic.twitter.com/SLTpCrjAd9
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 19, 2024
Good ideas. I’ll pass them onto the acoustics experts who should be able to differentiate the different sound signatures…?
— Chris Martenson, PhD (@chrismartenson) July 20, 2024
Oliver Alexander rejects the analysis. He also rejects the Tower shooter theory.
Analysis of footage from the Trump assassination attempt shows that Trump and David Dutch were hit in Crook’s initial 3 shot volley. Corey Comperatore and James Copenhaver were struck by Crook’s follow-up volley a few seconds later. (1/8) pic.twitter.com/mlQ1wz9ZBj
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 19, 2024
Crooks fires 3 shots followed up by 4 additional shots in rapid succession with a short pause inbetween
Immediately after Crooks’ 7 shots a LE sniper takes a single shot, likely the USSS team behind the stage
Then several seconds later a LE sniper fires a shot from further way pic.twitter.com/Xg9vIlvZWd
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 20, 2024
We know the location of 3 counter-sniper teams and there are reports of a 4th inside the building Crooks was on the roof of.
I believe the 1st LE shot was from the USSS counter-sniper team on the southern barn 6 seconds after Crooks first shot at the end of his second volley. pic.twitter.com/nQaaiBD6NE
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 20, 2024
The water tower can also be further dismissed, as the large screen on the northern grandstand completely blocks the line of sight between the water tower and Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/rNpgV4t0Bc
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 19, 2024
We know the location of 3 counter-sniper teams and there are reports of a 4th inside the building Crooks was on the roof of.
I believe the 1st LE shot was from the USSS counter-sniper team on the southern barn 6 seconds after Crooks first shot at the end of his second volley. pic.twitter.com/nQaaiBD6NE
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 20, 2024
The second LE shot came approximately 16 seconds after Crooks opened fire and can be heard coming from a greater distance. I am fairly certain that this shot came from the LE counter-sniper team in the picture below approximately 1000ft from Crooks’ location. pic.twitter.com/FPg8MECiXd
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 20, 2024
As the water tower theory still somehow exists. It was not possible to fire at Donald Trump while he was on stage from the water tower without having to shoot through the large screen present behind the northern bleacher. pic.twitter.com/PjQbJDsC7a
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 20, 2024
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There are huge credibility differences in these analyses. Mark’s claim of different charges in the same gun is ridiculous. The 20 year old was making bullets? Where’s the bullet making equipment? Oliver presents as facts things he does not know, reducing his credibility. He proposes a sequence of shots, but states who shot them. The timing does not show who… Read more »
I am sorry but Robert C Maher the gun acoustic expert is wrong ( or lying ) The authorities have admitted there was a third shooter. as I said in my other comment, the audio analysis DOES clearly reveal the sound signature of 3 different rifles. I don t know if that expert was bribed to lie, or if he… Read more »
Maher seems to be fed info from the authorities, and the story changed since them, making him discredited. The sound difference between the shots is obvious, without seeing the waveforms. There are plenty of people willing to lie for the government for a price. The 5th, 6th and 7th shots are shrill compared to the first 4. That is why… Read more »
Well they just admitted there was a third shooter!
” … Feds Now Say a Local Sniper Also Shot at Crooks After He Started Firing on President Trump — This Only Took a Week to Report? …”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/they-keep-changing-their-story-feds-now-say/
Check out the comments on the GP article. Interesting observations from many of them. Too bad they don’t work for the government, we’d know exactly what happened on Saturday. IMHO I don’t think we ever will.
Look at the arrogance of this guy Oliver. He has no ballistics data to show where those shots came from, yet insists he knows who shot them, violating professional standards:
Crooks fires 3 shots followed up by 4 additional shots in rapid succession with a short pause in between.
I have watched the audio video at least a dozen times and not only is it clear that the first 3 shots sound very different than the following 5 or 6 but I suddenly realised something the first 3 shots are fired at relatively slow rate ; one per second or just a tad faster the next 5 or 6… Read more »