 A local law enforcement officer climbed to the roof and found Crooks who pointed the rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder. The gunman quickly fired toward Trump. That's when U.S. Secret Service gunman shot him. So presumably, if not for the cop having distracted the shooter, he might have gotten off a better shot. Again, the questions continue about how the gunman got so close to the president in the first place. Kevin Rojek, the agent in charge of the FBI's Pittsburgh field office, said it surprised him the gunman was able to open fire on the stage before the Secret Service killed him in the first place. The Wall Street Journal reported,