Thomas Matthew Crooks: 20-Year-Old Who Shot At Trump

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Thomas Matthew Crooks was named by the FBI "as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of Donald Trump"

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A voter-registration record showed that he was registered as a Republican

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Thomas Matthew Crooks was the resident of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania

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He appears to have graduated in 2022 from Bethel Park High School

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He even received a $500 "star award" that year from the National Math and Science Initiative, according to The Tribune-Review in western Pennsylvania

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The 20-year-old was armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Witnesses said they saw him before the shooting and alerted authorities

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Crooks was positioned on the roof of a building about 130 yards away from the stage where Donald Trump was addressing the rally

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He was shot dead by the Secret Service agents after the attack on the 78-year-old former US President

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