The FBI identified the shooter, who is dead, as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. A motive wasn't clear.

The FBI identified the shooter, who is dead, as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. A motive was not clear.

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Bethel Park is a predominantly white, relatively well-to-do city in the southern reaches of greater Pittsburgh. The site of the rally, Butler, is about an hour’s drive north of Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania voter records listed a Thomas Matthew Crooks with the same address and birth date as a registered Republican, though it was not clear from the records when that was put in place.

  • takeda@lemmy.world
    13·
    4 months ago

    Yeah, single donation of $15 on January 20th, 2021 for voter turnout PAC.

    You don’t think he was one of the Republicans that were outraged after January 6th?

    Everything we know about him so far, screams “libertarian”.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
      51·
      4 months ago

      Dad and sister are registered libertarians. Mom is a registered dem. Take from that what you will. I’m sure we’ll learn more about him in the coming days and weeks.

        • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
          2·
          4 months ago

          It’s a party in the USA? You can register to any party lol

          Shit, you can put in your own “other” and handwrite in whatever BS you want in PA. I’ve read through voter rolls and people write in shit like “Birthday Party”