The gunman who attacked and slightly wounded former President and current US presidential nominee Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13 had previously Googled information about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The search was conducted a week before the shooting, FBI Director Christopher Wray said during a Wednesday hearing before a congressional committee, as quoted by CBS News.
The FBI is still determining the motive of 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, who fired at least eight shots, killing one attendee and wounding Trump and two others. Ray said that investigators gained access to some of Crooks' electronic devices, but "the usual repositories of information did not yield anything interesting in terms of motive or ideology," as quoted by News.bg.
We remind you that the director of the secret services of the United States (Secret Service) Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday. The agency has come under heavy scrutiny and criticism for its failure to prevent what happened.
The Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting current and former US presidents, was under pressure after a gunman managed to shoot Trump.
Cheatle, who has led the agency since 2022, said she took responsibility for the shooting, calling it the biggest failure of the "Secret Service" since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981
Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, was grazed in the right ear and one rally attendee was killed in the shooting. The shooter, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper.
The FBI said the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, lived with his parents in a quiet suburb and was a registered Republican.
Thomas Crooks had no identification on him and the investigation identified him through DNA.
After the attack, on Sunday night, the police cordoned off the Crooks' home along with the surrounding houses and urgently evacuated all their neighbors. The local police explained that this was due to the fact that explosive devices were found in the house.