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    First Photo of 20-Year-Old Local Pennsylvania Man Who Tried to Assassinate Ex-President Trump; Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as Gunman

    By Radar Staff,

    2024-07-14
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    This is the madman who tried to assassinate former president Donald Trump .

    RadarOnline.com has obtained the first photo of the would-be assassin who was perched on the rooftop of a building less than 400 feet from Trump as he spoke to supporters at a rally in Butler, Penn., on Saturday .

    The man, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by Secret Service snipers after unloading an AR-style rifle on Trump and his supporters at an outdoor rally.

    One of those bullets grazed Trump in the ear .

    Crooks had planted himself on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds, just outside Pittsburgh.

    This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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    Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, and stunned former classmates described him as a quiet but intelligent loner. supplied
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    Witness tried to warn police about a person with a rifle on the roof of a building near the Trump rally before the former president was shot. SUPPLIED

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    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. CITIZENFREEPRES/X

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    Rebecca
    07-16
    his parents need to be relentlessly investigated and prosecuted for helping the punk.
    maamohGRAM
    07-15
    LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE
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