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Luke Funk

FBI Hints Thomas Crooks May Not Have Cared Which POTUS Candidate He Targeted, Trump Was Just Closer

A demonstrator holds a sign of Thomas Matthew Crooks outside of a security zone checkpoint by the Fiserv Forum during the the RNC. (Credit: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

The gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania had researched events for both Trump and President Joe Biden and simply picked Trump because it was a "target of opportunity" according to a report.

Thomas Crooks opened fire at Trump, nicking his ear but killing another person who was attending the election rally.

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