FBI Identifies Gunman in Assassination Attempt as Thomas Matthew Crooks

FBI Identifies Gunman in Assassination Attempt as Thomas Matthew Crooks

Federal authorities on Sunday named Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, PA., as the gunman who shot at former president Donald Trump in an assassination attempt.

 

The shooting left the former president with minor injuries, one spectator dead, and two others critically injured.

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Crooks was killed by law enforcement at the event.

 

“Our investigators are working tirelessly to identify what that motive was,” said Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Pittsburgh.

 

“Crooks’ political leanings were not immediately apparent. He was registered as a Republican, according to state voter rolls. However, campaign finance reports show that he gave $15 to a progressive political action committee on Jan. 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden was sworn into office,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

 

This story is developing...