The New York Post first reported that the man who attempted to assassinate President Trump Saturday evening is a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man.
The gunman who opened fire on the crowd at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, wounding the former president, killing one rally-goer, and injuring another, has been identified.
The New York Post reported that 20-year-old Pennsylvania man Thomas Matthew Crooks was the gunman who was shot dead by Secret Service agents after opening fire on the crowd. The Post cited anonymous sources. A law enforcement press conference is expected late Saturday night.
The FBI confirmed the New York Post’s reporting late Saturday night.
BREAKING: The FBI has identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania pic.twitter.com/ZAS6VJufOX
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 14, 2024
UPDATE–SHOOTER NAMED: The shooter was named as Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park, PA in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan area. The National Pulse has found Federal Election Commission (FEC) data matching the name to a location in Bethel Park, which–if the same person–shows the shooter was a donor to the Progressive Turnout Project through ActBlue, a left-wing political fundraising platform. The Progressive Turnout Project helps to elect far-left Democrats to Congress and other offices.
Here’s a picture of the deceased shooter on the roof of that now-infamous building.
Here’s a video of the shooter in action.
Footage of Donald Trump’s shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks opening fire and then getting killed seconds later surfaces pic.twitter.com/2ctMtIkwUs
— Kollege Kidd Media (@KKMediaTingz) July 14, 2024
James O’Keefe has published a photo alleged to be of the shooter after he got smoked. Warning: The following photo is particularly graphic. Click here.
Confusion arose earlier on the internet as a man claiming to be Thomas Matthew Crooks posted a video stating, “You got the wrong guy.”
Thomas Matthew Crooks says you got the wrong guy. Will post the real guy. pic.twitter.com/Vwz7ZehRFo
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) July 14, 2024
The New York Post apparently did get the name of the shooter right, but posted a picture of the wrong guy, which led to the gentleman above posting the video.
Plot Twist: The NY Post was right all along on the ID, just not with their photos.
The FBI has confirmed the shooter was indeed Thomas Matthew Crooks.
According to NBC: "Pennsylvania voter records listed a Thomas Matthew Crooks with the same address and birth date as a… pic.twitter.com/BPEjRJLT2Z
— 🚨 Katherine Brodsky (@mysteriouskat) July 14, 2024
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