5 Facts About The Shooter:
Thomas Matthew Crooks was named by the FBI "as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of Donald Trump". A voter-registration record showed that he was registered as a Republican.
Thomas Matthew Crooks was the resident of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania. He appears to have graduated in 2022 from Bethel Park High School. He even received a $500 "star award" that year from the National Math and Science Initiative, according to The Tribune-Review in western Pennsylvania.
He was armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Multiple witnesses said they saw him before the shooting and alerted authorities.
Crooks was positioned on the roof of a building about 130 yards away from the stage where Donald Trump was addressing the rally.
He was shot dead by the Secret Service officials after the attack on the 78-year-old former US President. Police said Crooks' motive behind firing on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is unclear.
Those damn Democrats! Wait… uhh Republicans?
Anyways, left or right, whether you agree with someone’s political ideology or not, this is wrong. My thoughts and prayers are with Trump, and I hope he recovers quickly from this.
From the reports, it looks like this was a failure of the secret service, and other law enforcement agencies that didn’t fully clear the area around the rally.