Trump shooter used 'mechanical equipment' to climb roof, may have had collapsible gun stock: FBI

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Trump shooter used 'mechanical equipment' to climb roof, may have had collapsible gun stock: FBI
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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House committee about the shooting July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, on Capitol Hill. Wray said that the FBI will 'leave no stone unturned' in its investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Thomas Crooks, the shooter who killed one person and injured Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on July 13 may have possessed a collapsible stock weapon, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House committee, on Wednesday, where he confirmed new details about the shooting July 13 at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

The FBI has said it is investigating the shooting, which killed one rallygoer and seriously injured two others, as an act of domestic terrorism and an attempted assassination. Trump's campaign said the presumptive GOP nominee was doing "fine" after the shooting, which Trump said pierced the upper part of his right ear.

Officials are still analyzing a drone that Wray said Crooks flew 200 yards away from the stage just a few hours before the early evening shooting. It was recovered from the shooter's vehicle.Three "relatively crude" explosive devices were found, he said, two in the shooter's vehicle at Butler and one at the shooter's home in nearby Bethel Park.

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