What we know about the 20-year-old suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump

Michael Biesecker and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man identified arsenic nan shooter successful nan evident assassination effort of erstwhile President Donald Trump was a 20-year-old from a Pittsburgh suburb not acold from nan run rally wherever 1 attendee was killed.

Investigators were moving Sunday to stitchery much accusation astir Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who they opportunity opened occurrence astatine nan rally earlier being killed by Secret Service days earlier Trump was to judge nan Republican information for a 3rd time.

An FBI charismatic said precocious Saturday that investigators had not yet wished a motive. Two spectators were critically injured, authorities said.

Relatives of Crooks didn’t instantly respond to messages from The Associated Press. His father, Matthew Crooks, told CNN precocious Saturday that he was trying to fig retired “what nan hellhole is going on” but wouldn’t speak astir his boy until aft he talked to rule enforcement.

A blockade had been group up Sunday preventing postulation adjacent Crooks’ house, which is successful an enclave of humble ceramic houses nestled successful nan hills of blue-collar Pittsburgh.

Crooks’ governmental leanings were not instantly clear. Records show Crooks was registered arsenic a Republican elector successful Pennsylvania, but national run finance reports besides show he gave $15 to a progressive governmental action committee connected Jan. 20, 2021, nan time President Joe Biden was sworn successful to office.

Public Pennsylvania tribunal records show nary past criminal cases against Crooks.

The FBI released his personality early Sunday morning, hours aft nan shooting. Authorities told reporters that Crooks was not carrying recognition truthful they were utilizing DNA and different methods to corroborate his identity.

Law enforcement recovered an AR-style firearm astatine nan scene, according to a personification acquainted pinch nan matter who said connected information of anonymity to talk nan ongoing investigation.

An AP study of much than a twelve videos and photos from nan segment of nan Trump rally, arsenic good arsenic outer imagery of nan site, shows nan shooter was capable to get adjacent to nan shape wherever nan erstwhile president was speaking.

A video posted to societal media and geolocated by nan AP shows nan assemblage of a personification wearing grey camouflage lying motionless connected nan tile of a building astatine AGR International Inc., a manufacturing works conscionable northbound of nan Butler Farm Show grounds wherever Trump’s rally was held.

The tile wherever nan personification laic was little than 150 meters (164 yards) from wherever Trump was speaking, a region from which a decent marksman could reasonably deed a human-sized target. For reference, 150 meters is simply a region astatine which U.S. Army recruits must deed a scaled human-sized silhouette to suffice pinch nan M-16 rifle.

Investigators judge nan limb was bought by nan begetter astatine slightest six months ago, 2 rule enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

The officials said national agents were still moving to understand erstwhile and really Thomas Crooks obtained nan gun. The officials were not authorized to publically talk specifications of nan investigation and said to nan AP connected information of anonymity

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Associated Press reporters Marc Levy successful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Julie Smyth successful Bethel Park, Michael R. Sisak successful New York, Mike Balsamo successful Chicago and Colleen Long successful Washington contributed.

U.S. Secret Service agents respond arsenic Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump is surrounded connected shape by U.S. Secret Service agents astatine a run rally, Saturday, July 13 successful Butler, Pa. | Evan Vucci, Associated Press