Allegheny Arms & Gun Works previously violated multiple federal firearm sale regulations.
The gun store where Donald Trump’s would-be assassin is said to have purchased ammunition, hours before carrying out his deadly shooting, previously violated multiple federal firearm sale regulations, Newsweek can reveal.
According to a partially redacted U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) compliance inspection report, obtained by Newsweek, Allegheny Arms & Gun Works, a gun store located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, where reported Thomas Matthew Crooks is reported to have bought ammunition, was found to have violated three AFT regulations in a 2018 inspection.
Crooks, 20, was shot and killed by the Secret Service after he fired a rifle from a roof while Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, spoke at an outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
Trump was struck by a bullet that pierced his right ear, but was not seriously harmed. However, the gunfire killed one bystander, Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief, and left 57-year-old David Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver, seriously injured.
Hours before the dramatic events unfolded, Crooks purchased 50 rounds of ammunition at Allegheny Arms & Gun Works, according to a CNN report which cited an unnamed senior law enforcement official.
