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Nick Robins-Early

FBI cracks phone belonging to Trump rally shooting suspect

A member of the FBI evidence response team, works near the building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
A member of the FBI evidence response team, works near the building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

The FBI has gained access to the phone of the suspected gunman who opened fire on Donald Trump’s rally and is analyzing the device’s contents, the agency stated in a press release on Monday afternoon. The shooting, which killed one audience member and left Trump bleeding from one ear, is being investigated as an assassination attempt.

Authorities have been working to determine the motive behind the attack at Trump’s campaign rally on Saturday, but no clear picture has yet emerged. The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks by the FBI, was shot and killed in the incident.

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