FBI identifies 20-yr-old registered Republican Thomas Matthew Crooks as Trump rally shooter

Crooks, who the FBI termed the 'subject involved' in the attempted assassination of the former president, was from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024 | Reuters

Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the “subject involved” in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, it said in a statement on Sunday.

Crooks, who was from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was a registered Republican, according to the state’s voter records.

(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward and Jasper Ward; Editing by Caitlin Webber)

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