The shooter who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania rally Saturday has been identified by authorities.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation named 20-year-oldas the gunman who opened fire at Trump from a rooftop near the prospective Republican presidential nominee's campaign rally in Butler, PA.F.B.I officials provided no other information about Crooks or his motive but said the investigation into him was ongoing.
According to the New York Times, Crooks did not have a rap sheet in Pennsylvania, where he grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park. The NYT said voting records showed Crooks was a registered Republican, but other documentation revealed he donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project . The PTP works with the Democratic political action committee, ActBlue, to encourage liberals to turn out and vote.
The NYT also said Crooks was among 1400 students who graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022. During the graduation ceremony, Crooks was seen walking across a stage in a black gown and spectacles before receiving his diploma from a school official.Also in 2022, Crooks was given a $500 “star award” from the National Math and Science Initiative, according to the Tribune-Review, a newspaper in western PA.agents as he tried to assassinate Trump at Saturday's rally.
Trump then issued a statement thanking law enforcement and sending his condolences to the families of the bystander killed and the other man seriously injured at the rally.
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