FBI names Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, as ‘subject involved’ in Trump shooting

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the “subject involved” in the attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump, it said in a statement on Sunday.

The shooting took place during a campaign rally at the Butler Park Showgrounds in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening.