{"id":1009,"date":"2024-07-14T08:41:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T08:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makamuki.com\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2024-07-14T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T08:47:19","slug":"trump-shooter-is-named-gunman-who-tried-to-assassinate-ex-president-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makamuki.com\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Trump shooter is NAMED: Gunman who tried to assassinate ex-president identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"5c53f654ecb6b2e2c397431cfdb6dd0a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:99px 0 99px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M926082ScriptRootC1556461\"><\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/m\/a\/makamuki.com.1556461.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from a rooftop 130 yards from where the former president was on stage speaking to thousands of fans in Butler at 6.15pm on Saturday night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump suddenly grabbed his ear and had blood covering his face after at least eight shots were fired and the crowd started screaming as Secret Service agents swarmed around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then got up, raised his fist and shouted &#8216;fight, fight, fight&#8217; as he was rushed away from the scene and to hospital. 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