2024-07-17 23:41:13
During the afternoon of yesterday, Saturday, July 13, the former president and current virtual candidate for the presidency of the USADonald Trump was the victim of a outrage in his election campaign in Butler, Pennsylvania.
After a series of shots were heard during the speech of the 78-year-old tycoon, Trump appeared wounded with his right ear bloodied. Fortunately, the security team present acted quickly and managed to protect him.
Hours after the incident, the FBI managed to identify Trump’s attacker as Thomas Matthew Crooks 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
“The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. This remains an active and ongoing investigation, and anyone with information that could assist with the investigation is encouraged to submit photographs or video online at FBI.gov/butler or call 1-800-CALL-FBI,” the FBI statement said. FBI.
With the help of the public, the FBI was able to identify the person responsible for the Trump assassination in Pennsylvaniaand set up a hotline to get leads, although everything was complicated by the lack of documents in Crook’s possession once he was located by the agents.
According to reports, the young man was on the roof of a building very close to where the former US president was holding his rally. The young man was dressed in grey camouflage clothing and used a rifle AR-15With which He fired a total of 8 times before being shot down by Secret Service agents.
Unfortunately, the disgusting act claimed the life of one rally attendee, and left another injured. Donald Trump in the right ear, as well as two other members of the public who were seriously injured.
Recently, it began to circulate that the 20-year-old lived an hour away from the scene of the crime, and when he was 15 years old, he made a $15 donation to Actblue, a political action committee that raises money.
This donation was intended for a national group that encourages Democrats to vote, the Progressive Turnout Project.
Thomas Matthew Crooks He graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, and according to the information circulating, he is an intelligent person, since he obtained the “star award” $500 National Initiative Grant Math and science.
For its part, Donald Trump He spoke out through X’s platform with expressions of gratitude for the good wishes and prayers, arguing that “only God prevented the unthinkable from happening. WE DO NOT FEAR, but will remain resilient in our Faith and defiant in the face of Evil. Our love is with the other victims and their families. We pray for the recovery of the injured and keep in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was murdered so horribly.”
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2024-07-17 23:41:13