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Air Force veteran Bill Jenkins, 62, was on the range at Keystone Shooting Centre in Cranberry, Pennsylvania, with Crooks less than a month before he managed to get off eight shots at the Republican presidential nominee as he spoke at a rally, grazing his ear.
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Jenkins, who has been questioned by the FBI over his eerie encounter with Crooks, recalled how they took an intermediate handgun course together at the range in Cranberry, Pa. — about a 30-minute drive from Butler, where the shooting took place on July 13.
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The course claims to help “improve accuracy and distance through stance, grip and follow through,” according to its website and, alongside the instructor, Jenkins and Crooks were the only two taking it that day.
Crooks was dressed in casual attire and brought his own 9mm handgun to the class, according to Jenkins.
“The course went on for three hours and I could see this kid was confident with guns. When we went to the range he started shooting
straight away,” Jenkins told the outlet. “It seemed like he had experience with weapons.”
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“I noticed on his target at ten yards he blew a big hole right through the centerpiece,” Jenkins recounted to The Sun. “I congratulated him on how good he’d done and he just laughed.”
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Air Force veteran Bill Jenkins, 62, was on the range at Keystone Shooting Centre in Cranberry, Pennsylvania, with Crooks less than a month before he managed to get off eight shots at the Republican presidential nominee as he spoke at a rally, grazing his ear.
[…]
Jenkins, who has been questioned by the FBI over his eerie encounter with Crooks, recalled how they took an intermediate handgun course together at the range in Cranberry, Pa. — about a 30-minute drive from Butler, where the shooting took place on July 13.
[…]
The course claims to help “improve accuracy and distance through stance, grip and follow through,” according to its website and, alongside the instructor, Jenkins and Crooks were the only two taking it that day.
Crooks was dressed in casual attire and brought his own 9mm handgun to the class, according to Jenkins.
“The course went on for three hours and I could see this kid was confident with guns. When we went to the range he started shooting
straight away,” Jenkins told the outlet. “It seemed like he had experience with weapons.”
[…]
“I noticed on his target at ten yards he blew a big hole right through the centerpiece,” Jenkins recounted to The Sun. “I congratulated him on how good he’d done and he just laughed.”
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Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was ‘real evil’ but a good shot, according to shooting range classmate
Days before unleashing gunfire at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., suspect Thomas Mathew Crooks went to a gun range to hone his skills, according to a man w…
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