By Chris Powell
Just two months before he took a shot at former President Donald Trump during a rally, wounding the former president and killing a bystander, Thomas Matthew Crooks practiced his marksmanship at Clairton Sportsmen’s Club’s rifle range. The preparation was part of what Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) described as “intense preparation” in the months prior to his attempted assassination of the former president.
Records released by Grassley’s office show that Crooks frequented the gun club multiple times, including the day before a scheduled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) training session at the same facility. The 20-year-old suspect visited the club on May 22, practicing alone on a 200-yard-long rifle range.
The range more than accommodated the 150-yard distance of the shot Crooks eventually took at Trump on July 13. According to a logbook from the club obtained by Sen. Grassley’s office, the DHS conducted a “police training” at the range starting at noon the following day, with at least three people participating. It remains unclear from the records whether such DHS trainings at the range were regular events or if the May 23 session was an anomaly.
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