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Explosives trigger' found next to body of shooter
Daily Express
|July 18, 2024
POLICE discovered a remote detonator on the body of the gunman who shot former President Donald Trump, it has emerged.
As US law enforcement officers searched Thomas Crooks, shortly after he was shot dead by Secret Service snipers, they found the detonator alongside his mobile phone.
A picture published online yesterday showed the rectangular grey device with a keypad similar to a television remote control, lying next to the gunman's cellphone.
It was also reported that investigating FBI agents recovered explosive materials inside the 20-year-old's car.
They are believed to have been connected to the detonator.
FBI agents are examining the theory that Crooks may have been planning to set off the explosives as a diversion before shooting the ex-US leader at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. But it is not known why he then chose not to set them off. Investigators have yet to figure out a motive for Crooks, who had a minimal social media presence, and are hoping his phone may hold some clues.
This story is from the July 18, 2024 edition of Daily Express.
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