UPDATED: FBI Identifies Registered Republican As Gunman In Trump Rally Shooting

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, a registered Republican voter, as the suspect in the shooting at a rally for former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.

Eko Hot Blog reports that, the FBI identified Crooks as a 20-year-old male from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

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In an accident described by the FBI as an assassination attempt, the former US president was injured in the shooting while he was delivering a speech at his campaign rally on Saturday.

Although Trump survived the shooting, one person was killed while two others were gravely injured.

“The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the bureau said on Sunday.

Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, according to a local media report and a video of the school’s commencement.

He was registered to vote as a Republican, according to a listing in Pennsylvania’s voter database that matched his name, age, and a Bethel Park address that law enforcement was searching Saturday night and is linked to Crooks in public records.

This year’s presidential election would have been the first he was old enough to vote in

In an interview with CNN, Crooks’ father, Matthew Crooks, said he was trying to figure out “what the hell is going on” but would “wait until I talk to law enforcement” before speaking about his son.

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After being killed at the scene, Crooks didn’t have any identification on his body.

Agents had to “run his DNA and get biometric confirmation,” Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, said at a press conference Saturday night before the gunman was named.

Details Later…

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