While horrifying details of his last hours are revealed, the Trump shooter stated that he needed the day off for “something important to do.”
According to a report on his dying hours, the man who tried to kill former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania told his employer he needed the Saturday off because he had “something important to do.”
Although Thomas Matthew Crooks’ motivation is still unknown, it is suspected that he also informed his coworkers that he would see them on Sunday, raising concerns about whether he thought he would be able to flee after the attack.
Following the dramatic occurrence in Butler, Pennsylvania, when the former president was shot in the right ear and then hurried to the floor by Secret Service agents, investigations are still underway.
After Crooks was fatally shot by police, various items were found on his person, including a remote for three improvised explosive devices found in his car, and three fully loaded magazines with 100 rounds. He had opened fire on the former president with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle.
Crooks was also found with a bulletproof vest, prompting speculation that he may have been expecting to escape following his initial attack, CNN reported.
The new information comes as the Republican National Convention continues in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump appeared there alongside his VP pick JD Vance on Monday – his first public appearance since the shooting.
Crooks’s former classmates characterized him as an outsider who was teased daily and sat by himself during lunch.
Student Jason Kohler said that he was made fun of for his attire, which included hunting clothing. “He experienced bullying nearly every day,” Kohler said reporters. He was simply an outsider, and you know how today’s youth are. Crooks “never outwardly spoke about his political views or how much he hated Trump or anything,” Sarah D’Angelo, who attended Bethel Park High School alongside Crooks, told The Wall Street Journal. She said Crooks enjoyed playing video games, and was known to have “a few friends,” but lacked “a whole friend group.