BREAKING: 20-Year-Old Identified as Gunman in Attempted Assassination of President Trump

The New York Post has identified the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday. The suspect is reported to be 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

According to reports, authorities recovered an AR-style rifle at the scene.

New York Post reported:

The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post.

Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh.

Sources said Crooks was planted on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds.

#BREAKING: The New York Post is reporting that The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks pic.twitter.com/AMuD4dlfFm

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) July 14, 2024

BREAKING: Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as the suspect who shot at Donald Trump at his PA rally.

Crooks was 20-years-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania which was about 40 miles south of the Butler rally.

An AR-15 was reportedly recovered at the scene.

Crooks was apparently shot… pic.twitter.com/D5GP6hVYWC

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 14, 2024

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