Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally
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The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pa., sources told The Post. Crooks fired multiple shots, one of which grazed Trump’s ear, from the rooftop of a manufacturing plant over 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds. Crooks was swiftly neutralized by Secret Service snipers, who fatally shot him. An AR-style rifle was recovered at the scene. The motive behind Crooks’ attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee remains unclear.