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Hugo Lowell in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Donald Trump shooting: authorities attempt to determine motive as suspect’s devices seized

An aerial view shows vehicles of law enforcement members working at the home of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Law enforcement officers during their investigation at the home of the suspected gunman 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. He is accused of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

FBI officials said on Sunday they were assessing the shooting of Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday as a possible domestic terrorism attack and assassination attempt, as federal investigators executed a flurry of warrants in trying to determine a motive.

The officials said there was no evidence that the 20-year-old suspected gunman, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was operating as part of a larger group. But his reasons for scaling the roof of a building overlooking the rally to shoot at Trump remained unclear.

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