Misinformation Swirls About Trump Rally Shooter’s Identity

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take In the days following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, social media swirled with misinformation about the shooter. The 20-year-old gunman was a registered Republican and there is no evidence he had a criminal record, contrary to popular claims online. Full Story On July 13, a gunman& fired shots& at Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a small city north of Pittsburgh, injuring the former president.& One spectator& at the rally was killed and two others were& critically injured. The FBI, which is investigating the incident as an assassination attempt and potential domestic terrorism, identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a suburb south of Pittsburgh. Crooks was killed on the scene by the Secret Service. As of July 15, the FBI had not identified a motive for the shooting and believed the shooter had acted alone. “At present we have not identified an ideology associated with the subject, but I want to remind everyone that we’re still very early in this investigation,” Kevin Rojek, FBI special agent in charge, said in a call with reporters on July...