Claim: A law enforcement sniper at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was ordered by the head of the Secret Service not to shoot a suspect attempting to assassinate Trump.
Reasoning: The claim originated from a post on 4chan, where an individual named “Jonathan Willis” alleged that he was a sniper at the rally and had the suspect in his sights but was ordered not to shoot. However, no records or employment details for a Jonathan Willis exist within the Secret Service or Butler police. The Secret Service and Butler Police Department have both confirmed that snipers are trained to act on threats without waiting for orders and refuted the claim. Witness accounts and official statements indicate that the suspected shooter was killed by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he began firing.
Fact or Fiction? Fiction.
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