The face of the gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump has now been unmasked — and he appears like your common adolescent.
Pictures of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks surfaced for the primary time since he tried to fatally shoot Trump from a rooftop close to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s marketing campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
In a single picture, Crooks is flashing a gentle smile and sporting glasses, together with a t-shirt emblazoned with the American flag and headshots of our founding fathers.
A second image exhibits Crooks grinning whereas sporting a black cap and robe and holding a diploma alongside a lady at what seems to be a commencement ceremony. Each images seize Crooks as an adolescent.
The New York Occasions reported that Crooks graduated from Bethel Excessive College in 2022 and was registered as a Republican voter, however he additionally donated $15 to a Democratic political motion committee.
As you recognize, Crooks was shot to dying by Secret Service brokers as he tried to kill Trump whereas the forty fifth prez was giving a stump speech at Saturday’s packed rally. Crooks was 20 on the time of his dying.
Trump, who was shot within the ear, was rushed to an area hospital for therapy earlier than he was launched. Three bystanders have been additionally shot on the rally and one was killed whereas two others have been in vital situation.
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TMZ obtained surprising video of Crooks mendacity on his stomach on the rooftop, aiming his gun and firing bullets at Trump.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with native regulation enforcement, is attempting to find out a motive.
