Failed assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania turns deadly
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported on Sunday that 20-year-old Pennsylvania resident Thomas Matthew Crooks is a "person involved" in the failed assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump. Crooks died at the scene.
Donald Trump was shot in the ear on Saturday during an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two people were killed, including the assailant, and two others were seriously injured. The condition of the Republican candidate is good.
According to the FBI, Crooks lived in Bethel Park near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Assassination attempt on Trump. who fired?
The Washington Post reports, citing voter registration records in the state, that Crooks was a Republican voter. According to the AP agency, election campaign finance reports show that on January 20, 2021, when Joe Biden was inaugurated as US President, Crooks donated $15 to a political action committee (PAC) supporting the Democratic Party.
The Bloomberg agency reminds us that Saturday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump is another act of political violence in the United States. Trump was previously the target of an assassination attempt in 2016. Several US presidents have been assassinated in the country's history.
