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Thomas Matthew Crooks (September 20, 2003 – July 13, 2024) was an American man who attempted to assassinate then-former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.
The shooter's ability to get on a rooftop nearly 150 yards from Trump with a clear line of sight is prompting numerous questions over how the Secret Service handled security at Saturday's rally.
The shooter is dead, the Secret Service confirmed on X. The FBI identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The predominantly white, relatively well ...
In a July 29 Fox News interview, Trump said that he expected the FBI interview to take place on August 1. [190] FBI's Office of Public Affairs released a statement on July 27 saying "What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject's rifle."
Law enforcement officials said the shooter was armed with a semi-automatic AR-style rifle when he opened fire from the roof of a shed, located around 147 yards away from Trump.. For reference, an ...
Witnesses listening to Trump’s speech from outside the event’s security perimeter recalled pointing out the gunman to law enforcement a couple of minutes before the shooting began.
Officials say that Routh intended to shoot Trump, [5] [6] [7] and Routh had been indicted on five federal charges by September 24, including attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate. The incident occurred two months after Trump survived a previous assassination attempt while speaking at a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.
The shooting on July 13 left Trump and two of his supporters wounded, and killed retired firefighter Corey Comperatore, before the Secret Service shot and killed the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks.