FBI agents entered the home of the attempted Donald Trump assassin, Thomas Crooks, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania Monday.
“The FBI continues to investigate the shooting incident at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and as potential domestic terrorism.,” the FBI told Fox News in a statement.
“The investigation is still in the early stages and the FBI is providing the following updates: FBI technical specialists successfully gained access to Thomas Matthew Crooks’ phone, and they continue to analyze his electronic devices. The search of the subject’s residence and vehicle are complete.”
Federal authorities said Crooks attempted to shoot Trump with an AR-15 while the former president was speaking at his rally in Butler on Saturday evening.
The FBI added that it has “conducted nearly 100 interviews of law enforcement personnel, event attendees, and other witnesses,” and the agency’s “work continues.”
“We have a 24/7 command post in Pittsburgh as well as here at FBI headquarters and we are dedicating every resource that we have at our disposal,” Robert Wells, the assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at the FBI, said.
“Our number one goal here is to identify the motive of the subject and determine whether he had any other associates or anyone else that was involved at this point.”
