Trump Shooter Acted Alone, Motive Remains Unclear After Months of Preparations

According to the articles, Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old gunman, attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on July 13. Crooks had conducted extensive research and planning for the attack, searching online for information about Trump and other events over 60 times. FBI officials described his efforts as a "sustained, detailed" and "hyper-focused" attempt to plan an attack. The gunman's online search history revealed a mixture of ideologies, but the specific motivations behind the attack are not clear. Crooks ultimately grazed Trump's ear, killed one man, and seriously injured two others before being killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper.