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description: "After checking around, it's highly likely that the assassin is this guy. His name is Thomas Matthew Crooks.Crooks? This surname (crook means swindler), it looks like a joke.The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Trump on Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post.Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., fired shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh.Sources said Crooks was positioned on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds."
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author: "[陈达美股投资](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/2234852.md)"
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# After checking around, it's highly likely that the…