Dad of Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks trying to figure out ‘what the hell is going on’: report

The father of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks reportedly said he is trying to figure out “what the hell is going on” as his son was identified as former President Trump’s attempted assassin.

Matthew Crooks wouldn’t provide details about his son and wanted to “wait until I talk to law enforcement,” before speaking out on the horrific shooting, the elder Crooks told CNN on Saturday night .

Thomas Crooks was shot and killed after he opened fire at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Crooks’ bullet grazed the 45th president’s right ear as he killed a male spectator and critically injured two others.

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Crooks had set himself up on the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage.

The counter-sniper team, which sources told The Post killed the shooter, returned fire from the roof of another building close to where Trump was located — behind the audience stands.

The would-be assassin was a registered Republican but donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project in 2021, a Democratic-aligned political action committee.

Records indicate Crooks lived in the town of Bethel Park, Pa. approximately 45 miles south of Butler Farm Show grounds where the shooting took place.

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