The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has named Thomas Matthew Crooks as the attacker in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
TheNGblog recalls that Trump escaped an assignation attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13.
As reported by Aljazeera, the 20-year-old was a registered Republican, according to voter records cited by the AP news agency.
The agency’s spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the suspect was shot dead at the scene by a US Secret Service officer, BBC reports.
Guglielmi added that one bystander was killed in the shooting and two others were critically injured.
Officials later revealed that all three victims were male.
TheNGblog recalls that Trump provided details of the assassination attempt on his life. The 78-year-old Trump said he could hear “a whizzing sound” before he felt a bullet hit his right ear.
He stated this in his first public statement since being shot by a gunman identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. “Much bleeding took place, so I realised then what was happening.”
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