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Trump shooter's parents called police hours before assassination attempt

Thomas Matthew Crooks’ parents contacted law enforcement Saturday hours before he opened fire on former President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaignrally, a source told Fox News. The aspiring assassin’s mother and father told local police that Crooks was missing and that they were concerned about his welfare, the source said. It remained unclear if they...

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Comer subpoenas Secret Service director to testify in probe of Trump assassination attempt

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky, subpoenaed the director of the Secret Service to testify about the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was subpoenaed by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee chair in connection to an open investigation that was launched into the assassination attempt on the former president. Trump was...

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Trump rally shooter purchased 50 rounds of ammo hours before attack: report

Trump rally shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks purchased 50 rounds of ammunition just hours before the incident, according to reports. Crooks, 20, bought the bullets from local gun shop Allegheny Arms before opening fire at former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. FBI officials had not yet confirmed the report...

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FBI, DHS warn of potential repeat attacks and retaliation after Trump assassination attempt

Fox News has learned of a Joint Intelligence Bulletin from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security that was published this week warning of potential repeat attacks and retaliation following the shooting of former President Trump on Saturday. The four-page bulletin, first reported on by Politico, stated that violent extremists or others “may attempt...

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Trump shooter connected to Pittsburgh-area community college, two universities

Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, had just earned a college degree in engineering from an area community college two months ago. “We can confirm that Thomas Matthew Crooks graduated from the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) with an AS degree...

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Photographer who took epic image of Trump’s reaction to assassination attempt isn’t ready to call it ‘iconic’

The photojournalist who captured the image of former President Trump’s defiant reaction to an assassination attempt Saturday says he was just doing his job and “history will judge whether it is iconic.” Moments after a bullet grazed Trump’s right ear on Saturday, he raised a fist to the crowd of supporters as he was rushed...