According to the FBI, the person who shot ex-president Donald Trump has been identified
According to the US federal police FBI, the shooter suspected of Trump’s assassination attempt was 20 years old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
He was a native of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The FBI says this in a statement, which was reported by the American television channels NBC and CBS.
News agency Reuters Crooks was registered as a Republican voter.
CNN’s according to Crooks, he had made a small donation of $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a group close to the Democratic Party, in 2021.
The suspect’s motive is unknown.
CNN had reached the father of the suspected shooter, who said he was trying to find out “what the hell happened” and would get back to it after talking to the authorities.
The New York Times Crooks had graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, when he also received a $500 math and science scholarship
Trump was wounded in a shooting at a campaign event in Pennsylvania.
One person who participated in the event and the suspected shooter were killed. Trump, on the other hand, says he received a gunshot wound in his ear.
Correction 7/14/2024 at 1:18 p.m.: The suspect had registered as a Republican voter, not a party member.
Sources: Reuters, STT