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The fbi is leading the investigating into the shooting last night targeting former president donald trump at a rally in in pennsylvania
Trump is safe
But one spectator was killed in two others were critically injured joining us now to discuss what we know about the investigation is in pr
Just as corresponded ryyn
Lukis
Good morning
Ryan
Hi so the fbi overnight identify the suspected gunman
So who who he and and what do we know about him so far
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The fbi identified the suspect is thomas matthews crooks uh twenty old from battle part pennsylvania
Which is about forty miles or so from butler er where the rally took ook place our colleagues
Even fwler has confirmed that crooks was a registered republican
That's accorto the pennlvania voter registration recoricand in federelection cplosiradiatoralso shows
And the crooks donated fifteen dollars in twenty mons o to act to blue
Which is a democratic al organization um
Now we also have new information on the gun um a law enforcement source tells our colleagukerry johnson that investigators believe the gun used in the shooter was confirght by crook's father about six months ago um
And also at least one explosive device one that was believed to be workable vefound in the suspects
Veveable vehicle um
Crooks of course is dead
The secret service killed him
When they returned fire um one last thing president biden and vice president hare um
We was tting inupted ted efefhim organiation o now from the interterny general
The fpii director or others at i know it's early in this investigation
And there's a lot of moving parts
Right now but what will the fbi and other agencies be looking yet right
It is still still less than twenty four hours
Since the shooting
So this is still very much a developing situation
So the first step was to confirm the gunman's identity inveinvegators and now going to be looking at whether he acted alone or was working intend ent with others
And of course they will be looking for a potential motive at a press conference
Around midnight last night
The fbi special agent kevin rojects at investigators had not identified a motive
Yet as investigators will be digging through the suspect social media
Phone records
Computer website
Arhistory for clues on that also talked people night
The shoshooter was in contact with in recent days
In weeks
And all of that can help provide useful information
Uh investigators try to understand the cooks decided to take this sort of action
This is the first such atattks
Since the attempt on president reagans life at a ninety mayty one this will this be handled
Was this obviously a huhuge deal
The attorney general last night called this in attack on american democracy
This secret service is a regsiable for protecthe former president who of course is also a confeence candidate
This year um a former secret service director
Well william wealth basashaum junior told in pr
That the fact that these shots were fired at all was a failure on the secret services part
He says this never should have happened
And the agency is going to have to dig deep and take a close
Look at what went wrong
Now the secret service falls under the department of hoelland security
Look theh s secretary alhhrmmy orchisaid
Last night night the decerment is working king
Both the concermpand vibicamampaigns
And to make sure that they have safety and security moving forward
Uh
You know this is a disturbing event
A former president and a president of cancredate shot at a rally
Uh
How could how concern n americamericans be about political violence going forward
Look threats of political violence in growing for years
Particularly in recent years
In recelection workers
Local government officials
Federal officials
Judges look the reported a spicin threats
And of course we've seen actual political violence
There was a shooting in twenty seventeen and the congressional baseball game practithat seriously wounded republican concongerment stesteves at least
There's been violence directed at fbi field offices
A man with a hammer entered democratic house
Speaker an anci i losis house and bloodin her husband
Then of course
There's the january six attack on the us capital
A turiny general marit garland has warned repeatedly that a democracy cannot survive um
If citizens toss out out the rule of law on decide
If use violence to solve political differences
That's in pr
Just as score reponent
Ryan
Lukiis
Thank you so much
That you
