The gunman who shot President Trump during Saturday’s rally in Pennsylvania has just been identified.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, age 20, was the man behind the bullet that narrowly missed Trump’s head and grazed his ear.
He was set up on the roof of a manufacturing plant near the event.
The Secret Service sniped and killed him after he fired on the Trump and several other rally attendees.
Here’s some new footage from the moment he opened fire:
The moment the shooter, now identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks., fired at Trump. pic.twitter.com/TFPkjHp9zA
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❗️💥🇺🇲 – New video shows people trying to warn police before gunman opened fire at Trump rally.
The shooter at today’s Trump rally in Pennsylvania has been identified by the FBI as a 20-year-old male from the local Butler County area. pic.twitter.com/J25yKP3MCE
— 🔥🗞The Informant (@theinformant_x) July 14, 2024
TMZ obtained video of the alleged Trump shooter identified as, 20 yr old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
As he opens fire at President Donald Trump, a woman can be heard yelling “what are you doing, get over here!”
The crowd was frantic and hysterically screaming in fear. pic.twitter.com/KOD2wLgd4c
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The New York Post reports:
The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post.
Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh.
Sources said Crooks was planted on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds.
He was killed by Secret Service snipers. An AR-style rifle was later recovered.
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