Trump Assassination Attempt: Key Facts About Shooter Thomas Crooks

The United States Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have identified Thomas Mathew Crooks as the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Crooks made the attempt during Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. He was subsequently killed by Secret Service agents at the scene.

Here are some details about Crooks:

– He was 20 years old.
– Crooks was a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
– He shot at Trump from approximately 35 miles south of Butler.
– Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022.
– He was registered to vote as a Republican, according to Pennsylvania’s voter database, which matched his name, age, and a Bethel Park address that law enforcement searched on Saturday night.
– The upcoming presidential election would have been the first he was old enough to vote in.
– Federal Election Commission records show that a donor named Thomas Crooks, with the same address, gave $15 to the Democratic-aligned political action committee, Progressive Turnout Project, in January 2021.
– Crooks worked as a kitchen worker.
– He wore a T-shirt from Demolition Ranch, a YouTube channel known for its guns and demolition content.