Who was thomas matthew crooks? What we know so far about the man who authorities say attempted to assassinate donald trump.

National News EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAD CLOSED DOWN ALL ROADS LEADING TOWARD THE HOME OF CROOKS'S FAMILY IN BETHEL PARK, SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH AND ABOUT AN

HOUR’S DRIVE FROM THE SITE OF THE RALLY IN BUTLER. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner, New York Times Service updated on July 14, 2024 1 minute to read The

gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday was identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park,

Pennsylvania, but officials released no additional information about him. “This remains an active and ongoing investigation,” the FBI said in a statement early Sunday. The gunman did not

have a criminal history reflected in Pennsylvania’s public court records, and officials said they had not identified a motive. A voter-registration record showed that Crooks was registered

as a Republican, though federal campaign-finance records show he donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a liberal voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform

ActBlue in January 2021. Advertisement: Early on Sunday morning, law enforcement officers had closed down all roads leading toward the home of the suspect’s family in Bethel Park, south of

Pittsburgh and about an hour’s drive from the site of the rally in Butler. Numerous relatives did not respond to messages seeking comment. Crooks was killed after he fired from “an elevated

position” outside the outdoor rally venue where Trump was speaking, according to the Secret Service. Law enforcement officials recovered an AR-15-type semiautomatic rifle near the body of a

white man they believe was the gunman, according to two law enforcement officials. Advertisement: Crooks appears to have graduated in 2022 from Bethel Park High School, which has about 1,400

students, and received a $500 “star award” that year from the National Math and Science Initiative, according to The Tribune-Review in western Pennsylvania. In an online recording of the

2022 graduation ceremony, Crooks can be seen crossing the stage to modest applause after his name is called out, a slender young man with glasses in a black graduation gown who briefly posed

with a school official and accepted his diploma. _This article originally appeared in The New York Times._