WorldThe U.S. Secret Service did not receive more than 100 local radio transmissions about the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pa., ‌according to a government watchdog report released on Thursday.New report finds security agency missed 102 radio reports about 'suspicious person'Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 02, 2026 6:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by the Secret Service after gunfire during a rally in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. A report out Thursday found the agency failed to establish a joint communications room with local ​law enforcement, and so missed more than 100 radio alerts about a suspicious person. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)The U.S. Secret Service did not receive more than 100 local radio transmissions about the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pa., ‌according to a government watchdog report released on Thursday.The agency was unaware of the 102 transmissions on July 13, 2024, because it had failed to establish a joint communications room with local ​law enforcement, according to the report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's ​inspector general. Local authorities were receiving reports about the ​search for a suspicious person who was later identified as Thomas Crooks."Instead, we found that the Secret Service ⁠received only five phone ⁠calls and three text messages ‌about Crooks," the report said."As a result, Secret Service members did not alert President Trump’s protective detail about concerns of a suspicious person."1 year after Trump assassination attempt, changes at U.S. Secret Service but questions remainTrump shooter spent months looking for major event before picking Pennsylvania rally, FBI saysCrooks, who was shot and killed by law enforcement at ⁠the rally, opened fire while Trump was speaking on stage. A bystander was killed and several others were injured, including Trump, when a bullet grazed his ear.Crooks had ‌gained access to a nearby rooftop with a direct line of sight to Trump.In a statement, the Secret Service said that it concurred with the inspector general's recommendations."Many of these recommendations were already identified ... and have since been implemented as part ​of our ongoing reform efforts," a spokesperson said. WATCH | How the Secret Service failed to protect Trump:'Preventable': How the Secret Service failed to protect Trump | About ThatSeptember 28, 2024|Duration 13:47How was a gunman able to come so close to assassinating former U.S. president Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.? Andrew Chang breaks down a new report published by a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee that found the Secret Service's lack of organization and technical planning failed to keep Trump safe.The report found that Crooks flew a drone over the area ​hours before carrying out the shooting. The flight went undetected because the Secret Service's counter-drone system was inoperable, it said.The counter-drone system was staffed by ⁠a single "under-trained" operator who did not test it before the ⁠event, according ⁠to the inspector general.It ​took the operator hours to fix the problem, the report said. During ⁠that time, Crooks conducted a drone flight lasting nearly nine minutes without being detected.Thursday's report was the latest in a series of investigations by government watchdogs and congressional panels that identified major shortcomings in the Secret Service's security arrangements for the event. WATCH | Secret Service director under pressure:‘You need to go’: U.S. Secret Service head urged to resign over Trump shootingJuly 22, 2024|Duration 2:25Congressional Republicans accused Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle of incompetence and urged her to resign during a House Oversight Committee into the stunning security lapses ahead of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.