Matthew Crooks, the father of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the young adult who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump, was spotted leaving a grocery store in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania Tuesday.
“We just want to try to take care of ourselves right now. Please, just give us our space,” Crooks said.
Earlier last week, FBI agents entered the home Crooks, in Bethel Park.
“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 said at the time.
“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.
