The different scenarios offered in this thread essentially comes down to the main question of whether the identified shooter was acting on his own or was a part of a larger conspiracy.
Premise #1 (Crooks acting on his own)
In order for this scenario to be true, the following has to be assumed:
1. Crooks had the motive, means, and opportunity.
2. Crooks had adequate marksmanship training and skills to hit targets beyond at least 100ft.
3. Unless it was a suicide-assassination attempt, Crooks had a plan to arrive, position himself, and escape undetected.
From the latest information about Crooks, there is evidence that he had some motive; had the rudimentary means to undertake an assassination; and definitely an opportunity to shoot Trump. Regarding Crooks skills to accurately hit targets beyond 100ft, he was at some point a member of a shooting club, but definitely not someone that could be counted on to get a headshot way past beyond 100ft consistently and reliably. Finally, without a doubt, it was clear that Crooks did not have a plan to arrive, position himself, and escape undetected since there is ample photo and video evidence of Crooks being seen out in the open many times by many people prior to the shots fired at Trump. At the time of this writing, there is no evidence that Crooks planned to commit suicide after shooting Trump.
Premise #2 (Power Okole / Deep State Involvement)
In order for this scenario to be true, the following has to be assumed:
1. The Power Okole / Deep State had the motive, means, and opportunity.
2. The Power Okole / Deep State have access to trained assassins.
3. Unless the Power Okole / Deep State wanted to get caught, they had plans for deniable culpability.
Assuming the existence of the Power Okole / Deep State, it is very clear from both a domestic and geopolitical perspective that they had motive, endless means, and opportunity to carry out an assassination attempt against Trump. Likewise, given the resources of the Power Okole / Deep State, it is almost certain that they had access to trained assassins. Finally, assuming the Power Okole / Deep State did not want their contracted assassin to get caught, having someone like Crooks who somehow miraculously was able to get into shooting position and fire shots all the while being observed by numerous people along with the subpar performance of all personnel that were tasked in protecting Trump and securing the venue's perimeter does provide evidence of deniable culpability.
Current Assessment Pending Further Information
In essence, to accept Crooks acting on his own requires everyone to believe he wanted to walk around the venue's perimeter risking getting apprehended as well as Trump's entire security apparatus ignoring the reports and sighting of Crooks up until Trump's shooting. In contrast, to accept involvement of the Power Okole / Deep State requires everyone to believe that powerful outside forces do not want Trump to become President and that they are willing to resort to any means since they are capable to assassinate anyone given their money. power, and influence.
In the end, anything is possible pending more information; however, given the failure of the Trump shooting and Biden abruptly withdrawing from the Presidential election suggests to me involvement of the Power Okole / Deep State and them implementing their Plan B that is only now taking shape.