According to CNN, the American the services are working on a portrait of the attacker – Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Investigators are trying to find the answer to the key question: “Why” the 20-year-old committed the attack.
After conducting more than 200 interviews, reviewing his phone records and internet search history, officers determined that Thomas Matthew Crooks he was an intelligent, modest introvert. He had few close friends, often shot at a local shooting range, and was not politically radical. According to investigators, Crooks had been he was looking for a role model.
In his search history the character of Ethan Crumbley appeared frequentlywho carried out the massacre at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021. Four people died and seven more were injured in that attack.
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Although authorities say Crooks appears to be similar to dozens of other young menwho have been wreaking havoc across the country in recent years United Statescommitting similar attacks, these are certain things they don't fit the portrait of a typical bomber.
CNN, citing the results of the investigation so far, indicates that one of the key differences is that the 20-year-old did not shoot into the crowd to kill as many people as possible. Second, there was an explosive device in his car, but it was not detonated. It is not clear whether he planned to detonate it to kill people or as a distraction.
Third, Crooks he did not leave any letter of explanation purpose and reasons for the crime, as most attackers do. Fourth, unlike other attackers, this one did not have multiple weapons or even a bulletproof vest with him – reports CNN.
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Kathleen Puckett – former behavioral analyst FBI she said that “it didn't look like he was ready to attack. In my opinion he took advantage of the momentwhere he felt he was unnoticed enough to get off a few shots.”
– Although he failed to hit his main targetthe shooter was successful in many ways because he came close to doing something no one had done in decades, one federal official told CNN, referring to the assassination of the presidential candidate.
Thus, investigators are leaning towards the thesis that Crooks was not actually referring to Donald Trump, but gaining recognition and staying noticed.
CNN reports that experts emphasize that the case is more complicated than it may have seemed at first. Although they know more and more about his life, they still they don't know the precise answer when asked about the attacker's motivations.
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