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Why Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate Donald Trump is a mystery to investigators and his ex-classmates

The thought that their mild-mannered ex-classmate would try to kill former President Donald Trump was difficult to process in this tight-knit community near Pittsburgh.

Police block a street near the Bethel Park, Pa., home of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the person suspected in the shooting at former president Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.
Police block a street near the Bethel Park, Pa., home of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the person suspected in the shooting at former president Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.Read moreMatt McClain / The Washington Post