Thomas Matthew Crooks’ father was seen in public on Monday for the first time since his 20-year-old son opened fire at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a local business employee and a neighbor who identified a picture of him.
Snipers killed Crooks after the Bethel Park resident grazed Trump’s ear, killed bystander Corey Comperatore, and injured two others at the July 13 rally.
Investigators have spent the past week visiting Crooks’ family home in their suburban Pittsburgh neighborhood.
The man identified by locals as Crooks’ father, along with a masked woman accompanying him, refused to answer questions when approached by Fox News Digital.
“We’re going to release a statement when our legal counsel advises us to do so – until then, we have no comment,” he said. “We just want to try to take care of ourselves right now. Please, just give us our space.”
Crooks’ family members have cooperated with the FBI as the agency works to determine a motive for the attempted assassination.
Previously, it was reported that Crooks’ parents, Matthew and Mary, contacted the police hours before the shooting, expressing concern for his welfare as he was missing.
It is unclear whether they were aware that he had possession of his father’s registered AR-15.
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