US EditionFBI Concludes Thomas Crooks Acted Alone in 2024 Trump Assassination Attempt
After an extensive global probe involving 485 FBI personnel and over 1,000 interviews, officials found no evidence of a motive or foreign involvement in the attack.
- The FBI concluded after an unprecedented global probe that Thomas Matthew Crooks acted alone in the July 13, 2024, shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
- Amid months of investigation, officials found no clear motive for the attack as investigators uncovered no manifesto or writings explaining Crooks' plan.
- There were 485 personnel assigned to the case, conducting more than 1,000 interviews and reviewing over 2,000 public tips, while investigators seized 13 electronic devices and manually reviewed over 500,000 digital files.
- President Donald Trump was grazed and evacuated by Secret Service agents, while three spectators were wounded and firefighter Corey Comperatore was killed at the Butler Farm Show grounds rally.
- Investigators found an undetonated explosive device in Crooks' vehicle with its receiver off, a 223-caliber rifle owned by his father with 22 additional unfired rounds, and no foreign involvement after accessing foreign-based email accounts.
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