'July 13 will be my premiere': Trump's attacker warned of his sinister plan online days before shooting

United States former president Donald Trump's sensational assassination attempt, which left the entire nation shocked, has another hidden leaf in the sequence of the events which unfolded and ultimately led to the near-fatal incident.

According to Fox News, the 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks had warned about taking such drastic actions in a chilling online post.

If the post is now read after the assassination attempt, one can see how he is hinting at the sinister plans for the day when he tried to kill the former president.

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“July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds,” wrote the gunman on Steam, which is an online platform on which gamers communicate, as reported by Fox News.

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The US senators were informed about the shooter's foreshadowing message during a media briefing with top law enforcement officials on Wednesday (July 17).

Gunman had images of Trump and Biden on his mobile

The 20-year-old Crooks had saved the images of President Joe Biden and Republican presidential nominee Trump on his mobile phone and had also looked for the dates of Trump’s Pennsylvania rally and Democratic National Convention on the search engines.

He had aimed at the 45th president while hiding at a nearby rooftop, said law enforcement sources.

The investigators have been checking the phones and computers of the shooter and trying to understand the motive behind the assassination attempt.

Their investigation into the search history of the gunman did not reveal what was the political inclination of Crooks.

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While addressing a rally in Pennsylvania, bullets were suddenly fired towards Trump which grazed his right ear, killed one person in the crowd and left two others critically injured.

Within seconds after firing at the former president, Crooks was shot dead. He had two cell phones, one of which was found near his body and the other one was at his home with only 27 contacts, as reported by Fox.

(With inputs from agencies)