Trump Attacker Rejected By School Shooting Club For Being “Terrible Shot”

The 20-year-old man who allegedly tried to assassinate former US President Donald Trump had tried to join his high school’s rifle team but was rejected for being a “terrible” shot.

Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot dead by law enforcement when he allegedly attacked the 78-year-old Republican presidential candidate at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. 

He slipped onto a rooftop location 140 meters from the stage where Trump was speaking and began firing an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle, purchased by his father, officials said. The gunfire struck Trump’s right ear, killed a 50-year-old man, and critically injured two other spectators.  

a resident of Bethel Park, about an hour away from where the shocking shooting occurred, was a member of a local shooting club named Clairton Sportsmen’s Club.