Posted on 07/14/2024 3:19:02 AM PDT by Morgana
The gunman who shot Donald Trump last night is a 20-year-old registered Republican who donated to Joe Biden.
Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot dead by a US Secret Service sniper after he opened fire on the former President during a rally in Pennsylvania.
His father, Matthew Crooks, 53, told CNN he was trying to figure out 'what the hell is going on' but would 'wait until I talk to law enforcement' before speaking.
Crooks had fired at least eight bullets from a rooftop just 130 yards from where Trump, 78, was on stage in Butler speaking to thousands of fans at 6.15pm.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that Crooks, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, had been armed with 'an AR-style rifle'.
During the attack, he appeared to be wearing merchandise promoting one of YouTube's most popular channels devoted to firearms - Demolition Ranch - NBC News reported.
Special Agent Kevin Rojek, the FBI officer in charge, said Crooks had been identified using DNA as he was not carrying any ID on him.
State voter records show Crooks was a registered Republican. According to US media, when he was aged 17 he donated $15 to the liberal ActBlue political action committee on January 20, 2021 - Biden's Inauguration Day.
Last night a bomb squad and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at an address registered to Crooks as cops stood guard in front of yellow police caution tape.
A member of the crowd was killed in the deadly shooting, while two others who were wounded are in a critical condition. All three are males, according to law enforcement officials.
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“… Crooks had been identified using DNA as he was not carrying any ID on him.”
Huh? They did a DNA test in a matter of hours? Also, they had a matching sample on hand?
Maybe they didn’t have a shot of the assassin.
He was antifa:
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Sources?
This stinks to the highest degree possible.
Worth repeating....
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They will never let you know why. Why wasn’t there a USSS agent on THAT roof? Why did the sniper wait? It’s all too blatant for us normal thinking people…
They waited until 16 seconds after the first shot was fired.
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Express DNA test in only hours?? Everybody knows it takes a "few days" for test results. /s
Actually, would anyone believe a statement like that from the 'media'...as IF our 'media' has credibility???
No girlfriend found by the press, yet. Wearing a YouTube related shirt but no press reports on his online activity yet.
Bull Merde. This was completely scripted.
I suspected Portland due to the Portland Antifa’s gun club. But how was he connected to these groups? Just by liking their posts on the web or what?
WTH did they match the dead shooter's DNA to in order to be able to say, "This is John Doe"?
Probably.
This whole things reeks of a set up and scam job. The kid was only 130 yards away? Absolutely outrageous, they deliberately left it open for him. And how was he able to get a rifle through security and know to use exactly that roof?
Maybe he had a juvie record
I suspect they had a do not dhoot first order.
BS. They knew who he was because he was a known wolf.
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