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The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally].

The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally].

By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref> a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, was bear-crawling up the roof<ref>[https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/what-we-know-about-the-suspected-trump-rally-shooter/ What we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter]. Damita Menezes and Sean Noone, News Nation, 14 July 2024</ref> of an elevated structure a few hundred metres away outside the venue.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/trump-rally-shooting-distance/index.html Gunman was a few hundred feet away from Trump, CNN analysis shows] By CNN Staff, July 14, 2024</ref> Crooks had explosive devices in his car parked near the rally,<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/suspected-shooter-had-explosive-devices-in-his-car-sources-say-nqpDI2AqQQNtSvYtEpS9 Suspected Shooter Had Explosive Devices in His Car, Sources Say]. ''WSJ'' Jul 14, 2024</ref> showing he had an elaborated plan.

By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref> a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, was bear-crawling up the roof<ref>[https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/what-we-know-about-the-suspected-trump-rally-shooter/ What we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter]. Damita Menezes and Sean Noone, News Nation, 14 July 2024</ref> of an elevated structure a few hundred metres away outside the venue.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/trump-rally-shooting-distance/index.html Gunman was a few hundred feet away from Trump, CNN analysis shows] By [[CNN]] Staff, July 14, 2024</ref> Crooks had explosive devices in his car parked near the rally,<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/suspected-shooter-had-explosive-devices-in-his-car-sources-say-nqpDI2AqQQNtSvYtEpS9 Suspected Shooter Had Explosive Devices in His Car, Sources Say]. ''WSJ'' Jul 14, 2024</ref> showing he had an elaborated plan.

[[File:TurnoutPAC tweet hours before assassination attempt.jpeg|thumb|TurnoutPAC tweet hours before assassination attempt]]

[[File:TurnoutPAC tweet hours before assassination attempt.jpeg|thumb|TurnoutPAC tweet hours before assassination attempt]]

"Federal campaign-finance records show" Crooks "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a liberal voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform ActBlue in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'',  

"Federal campaign-finance records show" Crooks "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a [[liberal]] voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform [[ActBlue]] in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'', July 14, 2024. Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref>

July 14, 2024.

Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref>

Hours before the incident, the aforementioned progressive ''TurnoutPAC'' tweeted about Trump supposedly "destroying Democracy."

Hours before the incident, the aforementioned [[progressive]] ''TurnoutPAC'' tweeted about Trump supposedly "destroying Democracy."

Quote: ''It's simple people: Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and another four years of him would be detrimental to our country.'' The tweet was [https://archive.ph/VLCUd still left] even after the assassination.

Quote: ''It's simple people: Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and another four years of him would be detrimental to our country.'' The [[tweet]] was [https://archive.ph/VLCUd still left] even after the assassination.

==Trump's reaction==

==Trump's reaction==