Thomas Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School on a sunny June day in 2022. Two years later, he travelled an hour from his home in Pennsylvania, climbed on to a rooftop and fired several shots at Donald Trump, minutes into the former president’s speech at a campaign rally.
Trump, who suffered a minor injury to his ear, was quickly whisked away by security, as US Secret Service agents killed the 20-year-old gunman. The attack on Saturday left a man dead, two others critically injured and many unanswered questions about Crooks.
The attempted assassination has reverberated throughout the US and has further strained what has become one of the most polarising presidential elections in the country’s history.