WEB DESK: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump.
Thomas Mathew Crooks who was from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was registered as a Republican, according to the state’s voter records.
Former US President Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a Saturday campaign rally, streaking the Republican presidential candidate’s blood across his face and prompting his security agents to swarm him, before he emerged and pumped his fist in the air, mouthing the words “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
The shooter was dead, one rally attendee was killed and two other spectators were injured, the Secret Service said in a statement. The incident was being investigated as an assassination attempt.
