It has been revealed what the shooter who tried to assassinate Donald Trump told his work colleagues right before the crime.
Over the weekend, the former president of the United States was left injured after an attempted assassination took place at one of his presidential campaign rallies in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Approximately six minutes into his speech, multiple armed security forces were forced to jump onto the stage and shield the 78-year-old from more potential bullets after he was struck in the ear and sent ducking for cover behind his podium.
The suspect, who was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by FBI snipers after he was seen shooting at the Republican nominee as well as other folks in the crowd.
Corey Comperatore, who was sitting behind Trump, was shot and killed while two other people, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, were left seriously injured.
After the attack, it was announced that the 78-year-old was "doing fine" and was taken to a nearby medical facility to be assessed after a bullet grazed his ear, leaving him with blood running down his cheek.
Witnesses stated that the 20-year-old was seen crawling across the roof of a shed, where he shot at the former president.
US security forces said that they had recovered an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle lying by Crooks's body.
As for his motive, Kevin Rojek, an FBI Pittsburgh special agent stated that the authorities have not yet identified one.
"We don’t currently have an identified motive, although our investigators are working tirelessly to attempt to identify what that motive was," Rojek said.
Just days after the attack, it has been revealed what the killer allegedly said to his colleagues before he headed out to the rally on Saturday.
Crooks was a dietary aide at Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where he helped to provide food and care for post-hospital elderly and sick people.
"We are shocked and saddened to learn of his involvement as Thomas Matthew Crooks performed his job without concern and his background check was clean," administrator Marcie Grimm said in a statement after he was formally identified.
According to the Daily Mail, the 20-year-old told his boss that he needed the day off from work on Saturday and added a brazen final message stating that he would be back on Sunday.
A colleague at the facility said Crooks never expressed political views at work and wasn't a "radical," as per the outlet.
"It's hard seeing everything that's going on online because he was a really, really good person [who] did a really bad thing, and I just wish I knew why," the colleague added.
The investigation into Crooks' motive is still underway.
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