Thomas Matthew Crooks — the would-be murderer who tried and did not take out Donald Trump — now has an official reason for demise within the books … if it wasn’t already apparent.
The Butler County Coroner tells TMZ … Crooks died from a gunshot wound to the pinnacle, and the coroner is ruling his demise a murder. After all, he was shot and killed by a Secret Service agent after he opened hearth into the gang in Butler, PA this weekend.
To be clear, “homicide” is the style of demise, and never against the law … like homicide or manslaughter. The coroner’s ruling on no account suggests the Secret Service snipers had been in unjustified in taking out Crooks … who had not solely opened hearth on a former President, but in addition shot and killed a citizen within the crowd.
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Keep in mind … we bought footage of Crooks firing an AR-15-style rifle from the highest of a constructing simply exterior Trump’s rally … with Crooks positioned solely about 130 yards away from DT.
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Crooks wounded Trump, killed one particular person and injured 2 others within the crowd … earlier than snipers killed him inside a minute of him opening hearth … with a deadly headshot. There is a photograph floating round on-line that purports to point out his physique within the aftermath … and it definitely appears to be like like what the coroner is telling us.
The photograph in query is extremely graphic and appears to have been taken by an official who attended to his physique.
As we reported, 20-year-old Crooks additionally tried and did not make his highschool rifle crew … getting rejected as a result of he was a horrible shot. Though, value noting … he is reported to have been a part of a neighborhood capturing membership regardless.
Thankfully, the snipers who took him out had a lot better purpose.
