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Inside the Mind of an Assassin: Trump Gunman Fits Secret Service Patterns

ASSASSIN’S CREED

Law enforcement has studied 83 assassins and “approachers” since 1949. Trump gunman Thomas Crooks fits many of the patterns of presidential killers across history.

Ben Sherwood
Ben Sherwood 

Publisher & CEO

Thomas Crooks in high school and on the day he tried to assassinate Donald Trump
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Ben Sherwood

Ben Sherwood

Publisher & CEO

ben.sherwood@thedailybeast.com

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