FBI identifies Trump shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks

By AFP July 14, 2024 | 01:39 am PT

U. S. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald raises his fist as he is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. Photo by AFP

The FBI has identified the shooter in the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania, US media reported early Sunday.

"The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania," the FBI said in a statement quoted by NBC and CBS.