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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I don't think they pull your DNA just on an arrest. To get your DNA into the CODIS system you have to be convicted of a felony - which as an antifa activist, he may have been, somewhere. I'm sure we'll never know.
All the information in sites like 23andme and other commercial DNA sites would be my guess. After all, that is why they were set up.
The day Joe Biden was inaugurated, records show, he made a $15 donation to Progressive Turnout Project, a Chicago-based political action committee that supports Democrat candidates for public office and claims to advocate for “key Democratic constituencies: young people, minorities and low-income people.”
Crooks would have turned 21 years old this September. - What we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the alleged shooter at Trump’s rally - https://www.fox13news.com/news/alleged-shooter-trump-rally-details-thomas-mathew-crooks
Yep.
Yep.
Yep.
Yep.
Deep State could use the John Hinckley defense of wanting to impress lez Jodie Foster.
Crooks wanted to impress Dylan Mulvaney.
Nobody has reported his preferred pronouns yet.
Patsy.
[Express DNA test in only hours?? Everybody knows it takes a “few days” for test results. /s]
Maybe they sent it over to Abby Sciuto?
ID from DNA? Really, why was it on file? Miraculous quick “lab test”. DNA on file but not fingerprints? I call it bullsh*t
Attempting to assassinate your opponent can’t be good for “our democracy”?
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yup.
even worse than bogus charges in 4-5 different courts that are trying to bankrupt him, keep him off the campaign trail & put him in the slammer for over 100 years.
somebody sure doesn’t want to see him back in the WH
Running the serial number on the gun probably gave them a good place to start.
“Express DNA”
Yes
“ACS News Service Weekly PressPac: August 04, 2010
Fast forensic test can match suspects DNA with crime samples in four hours”
I Googled:
DNA results hours
I bet the FBI put him up to it.
two snipers, zero spotters— is that the norm?
Nobody has reported his preferred pronouns yet.
Was/were
From the looks of it, a 24’ or so ladder would be needed to access that barn roof. A 24’ aluminum ladder, though lightweight, is still cumbersome. He had help.
How do you know that? Is there a link?
Hillary is a bottomless pit of hate.
That really is a good question. If they had his DNA that suggests they had dealt with him before.
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