Local authorities in Pennsylvania released a one-page report Thursday detailing how the man who tried to assassinate the former president Donald Trump died.
Butler County Coroner William Young determined that Thomas Crooks, 20, died of a single gunshot wound to the head at 6:25 p.m. on July 13. He ruled the official cause of death as homicide.
An anti-sniper team shot Crooks as they stood on the white roof of the AGR International warehouse near the rally site.
Butler County has denied a request from USA TODAY Network for a full copy of the autopsy results, citing state law that specifically precludes it. It is unknown whether officials tested Crooks for chemicals or drugs, as is standard practice in autopsy examinations.
Congressional oversight committees have criticized federal officials for slow to release information about the shooting. In recent weeks, Sen. Chuck Grassley has released a series of local videos and investigative materials.
The autopsy adds to the timeline of the shooting released this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, which found that local police had identified Crooks as a suspect shortly after 5 p.m., more than an hour before the shooting.
At around 5:30 p.m., SWAT officers saw him looking at news websites with a distance meter on his phone, and at 5:56 p.m. with a backpack.
Crooks was caught climbing HVAC ducts outside the warehouse and “walked across multiple rooftops to his ultimate shooting position, leading a local police officer to be lifted onto the roof at 6:11 p.m., where he spotted Crooks and immediately dropped to the ground.
FBI officials say Crooks fired eight rounds at Trump 25 to 30 seconds later. He was then shot dead by the Secret Service counter-sniper.
Contributors: Bryce Buyakie, Akron Beacon Journal.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Autopsy on Trump shooter reveals cause of death
