Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks? What we know about Trump’s attempted assassin

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Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks? What we know about Trump’s attempted *********

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Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old man from western Pennsylvania, as the person who attempted to ************ former President Trump at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Crooks reportedly shot Trump from a rooftop perch some 130 yards away during a rally in the small town, striking the upper part of Trump’s right ear while the former president was speaking to rallygoers ahead of next week’s *********** National Convention in Milwaukee.

One attendee was *******, and two others were injured during the incident, the agency said, and

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The victims have not been identified yet.

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“The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the ************** attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the FBI said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “This ******** an active and ongoing investigation.”

Crooks, 20, was from Bethel Park, which is a

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about an hour south from where the ************** attempt took place.

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People who attended former President Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, described to Fox News the chaos that ensued following an attempted ************** of the former president.

Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022. He was one of nearly two dozen students from the school to earn a $500 “star award” from the National Math and Science Initiative.

An online recording of his graduation ceremony shows him walking the stage to minimal applause and briefly posing with a school official, the

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A search by Fox News Digital revealed Crooks would have turned 21 years old this September. He had no reported ********* or traffic citations and no reported bankruptcies, liens or foreclosures.

Crooks was a registered ***********, according to voting records, but he only participated in the

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due to his age. Records show he made a $15 donation to Progressive Turnout Project, a Chicago-based political action committee that supports Democrat candidates for public office and claims to advocate for “key Democratic constituencies: young people, minorities and low-income people.”

The FBI said it will continue its investigation into Crooks and any other information it can obtain.

“This ******** an active and ongoing investigation, and anyone with information that may assist with the investigation is encouraged to submit photos or videos online at FBI.gov/butler or call 1-800-CALL-FBI,” the statement continued.

Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.

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