July 14, 2024 - IPM Newsroom

What we know about the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump

ByAssociated Press July 14, 2024

Law enforcement officials were working Sunday to learn more about Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, to determine what drove him to open fire on the rally from a nearby rooftop, killing one spectator, before he was shot dead by the Secret Service.

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Trump is wounded but ‘fine’ after apparent assassination attempt; suspect had bomb-making materials

ByAssociated Press July 14, 2024July 14, 2024

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the upper part of his right ear was pierced in the shooting. His aides said he was in “great spirits” and doing well.