Many questions surrounding the motive of the man who opened fire at a Trump campaign event are still unclear. The FBI director has now at least shed some light on the matter.
According to the FBI, the gunman who opened fire at a campaign event for former US President Donald Trump a week and a half ago had searched the internet for details about the murder of John F. Kennedy before committing the attack. The FBI analysis of the gunman’s laptop revealed that he wanted to find out how far away Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot then-President Kennedy in 1963. FBI chief Christopher Wray said this in a hearing on the Trump assassination before the House Judiciary Committee.
The Trump shooter searched for this information online on July 6, Wray said. That was the day he registered for the Trump event in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania. “On July 6, he did a Google search for: ‘How far was Oswald from Kennedy?'” Wray said.
FBI: Shooter flew drone
The FBI chief also said that the shooter had flown a drone about 180 meters from the stage just a few hours before Trump appeared. It was in the air for about eleven minutes and was later found in the shooter’s car, according to CNN.
A gunman opened fire at a Trump campaign event on July 13. One spectator was killed and two others were seriously wounded. Trump was injured in the ear. The perpetrator was killed by security forces. In recent days, there had been strong criticism of the Secret Service’s actions because the gunman was able to get onto a roof with a direct view of the stage despite all the security measures. On Tuesday, the head of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, finally took action and resigned.
