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Do you take a lot of notes? Whether you're in school or working in a job that requires lots of jotting down ideas, you may opt for typing notes on a laptop, but physically writing something down helps you remember and learn more. Putting real pen to paper also just feels good. However, having a digital backup is convenient for on-the-go organization and studying.

There are E Ink tablets, smart pens, and notebooks made to save digital files of your handwritten notes or drawings. You can save files as PDFs, images, and Word Docs, or transcribe them to a text file in Google Docs to make all your notes searchable. Some of these devices can record too, which is great for lectures and interviews. If your notes need an upgrade, we recommend giving these a try. Be sure to check out our Best Dorm Essentials guide , as well as our Best Tablets , Best Laptop Backpacks , and Best Totes guides .

Updated April 2024: We've added the Boox Note Air3 C and Supernote Nomad as new picks. We've also added notes about Kobo's newest e-reader with writing capabilities, the Kobo Libra Colour.

Our Favorite

This is one of the most well-known names in the category and WIRED reviews editor Julian Chokkattu has been using the ReMarkable 2 for more than a year. He says the matte screen feels like paper, writing on it is quick and responsive, and battery life is exemplary. It can last for several weeks on a charge, and you never have to recharge the stylus, which also magnetically sticks to the side of the tablet. There is also a new keyboard attachment if you want to get some typing done (we haven't tried it yet). The tablet is $299, but you'll need to pay for a pen, which is an additional $79, or $129 if you want the one with an eraser on the other end.

There are many ways to organize your work into different notebooks or quick sheets, and you can sort them with tags and folders. You also upload PDFs and ebooks to the slate via the company's app or website, and ReMarkable has a Chrome extension that lets you send any webpage to read on the tablet. You can integrate your notes into Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive. However, you may need a Connect subscription ($3 per month) to access syncing and unlimited cloud storage.

When WIRED writer Louryn Strampe reviewed it in 2020 , she noted that other features were lacking and that's still mostly the case. There is no waterproofing, no page-turn buttons, and no backlight. The company has added new capabilities since and the price has come down, but it's still best for the simple task of jotting notes.

A Pricey Upgrade

Boox makes great E Ink tablets for taking notes, but they're much more expensive and heavier to carry around. Writing with the Note Air3's stylus felt similar to the above two picks, feeling natural and surprisingly similar to pen and paper. There are two versions of the tablet: the standard Air3 ($400) has a monochrome screen, while the Air3 C ($500) has a muted colored screen. Opening apps and starting up the device isn't quite as fast as I'd like it to be, though, and it takes a little getting used to Boox's Android system. Definitely read through the user manual because there are functions and gestures you can learn to make the process easier.

There are a bunch of apps available so you can read ebooks, check your emails, or browse your favorite newspaper. If you want all the capabilities of a tablet but prefer writing on E Ink screens, consider this upgrade.

Best for Books

Kobo makes some of our favorite e-readers and this combines reading with note-taking. The Elipsa is pricey, but it comes with a stylus that allows you to mark up ebooks and compatible PDFs. If you're an English major who has to read multiple books a semester, this might be a great option for you to easily keep track of notes. Plus you can create numerous notebooks like the other tablets here. We also liked the marking interface better on Kobo than on Kindles, if you're debating which platform to choose. Pro tip: You can check out ebooks from your local library for free if you have a library card.

★ A cheaper, more colorful Kobo: There's a new Kobo e-reader out that offers some new features and a better price. The Kobo Libra Colour ($219) is waterproof and has new colorful options to highlight and write in the margins, but you'll need to purchase the Kobo Stylus 2 ($70) separately. We're testing it soon and will update this guide soon with our notes.

For To-Do Lists

The Supernote Nomad is small, measuring almost 6 inches on one side and 7.5 inches on the other. Supernote designed it with travel in mind, but I find it to be a great size for a daily digital to-do list or writing down quick notes from a meeting. The pages are a little short for, say, writing notes during a five-hour D&D session (I wrote 14 pages). The software is intuitive to use, and allows you to create multiple notebooks and choose from various templates for each one. There are tons of templates too, letting you choose from multiple lined pages, grids, and even a few calendars. You can organize your notes into folders, and can make a Word doc file too (though you won't have access to all the great templates).

It is a nice size to throw in a bag since it's so small, but I'd recommend it for meetings rather than class notes unless you're a true minimalist in your writing. I also liked using the Canvas Folio ($49) with it since it kept the pen with the e-notebook for me, and woke up the screen when I opened it.

For Beginner Artists

You can take notes with Repaper as easily as with the other items on this list, but I think artists will enjoy easily digitizing their work, especially those just getting started (it's cheaper than an iPad). Repaper uses a tablet and magnetized rings to automatically digitize notes as you work on real, physical paper. Any properly sized paper will work—if it's bigger than the tablet, you won't get an accurate digital version—as will any writing utensil that fits a Repaper Ring (it comes with a pencil).

The Repaper Studio app shows your work in real time if you want it to. That's especially handy if you want to draw directly on the tablet with the included stylus and not use paper or if you're sharing your screen via Zoom for class. If not, you can finish and upload your creation later. You can download sharable time-lapse videos too. It's not without its faults, and I occasionally found it to be buggy when switching between pens, but overall I was impressed.

You May Prefer an iPad

E Ink notebooks are easier on the eyes and feel closer to paper than a glass-screened tablet. But in some cases, you might spend less getting an iPad and an Apple Pencil (and a keyboard if you also want to type sometimes). You can also do more on them thanks to the thousands of apps in the App Store, but still take notes and draw. An iPad is typically more intuitive to use than many of these digital notebooks too. WIRED writer Jaina Grey uses her 11-inch iPad Pro with the GoodNotes and Notability apps for her writing, but there are other models that should work fine.

Read our Best iPads guide to learn about the differences, and check out our Best Tablets guide for other Android offerings.

Our Favorite Smart Pen

Skip the tablet and write directly on paper with a smart pen instead. The Neo Smartpen M1+ is the thinnest and lightest of all the pens I tried, which makes it feel a bit more like your standard pen. Importantly, it's comfortable to hold and use. You should be able to find whatever size and style of notebook you need as well as planners .

The Neo Studio app ( iOS , Android ) is nice, with an easy-to-navigate notebook system and the ability to search for pages by page number or date. You can change the color of the ink and thickness of the lines right on the page as you go, or you can switch them up later and edit the colors of what you've written. This pen doesn't record audio, but if that's something you want, Neo sells a separate recorder that pairs with the pen.

★ Alternative: The Neo Smartpen Dimo ($59) is the cheapest and uses replaceable batteries. It isn't compatible with Google Calendar, iCal, or Outlook like our other picks.

A Runner-Up Smart Pen

Moleskine has garnered a devoted following for its classic notebooks and journals, but it has also moved into smart territory . The Smart Writing Set gets you a notebook and pen bundle, so this is the best option for most people starting out. Write in the notebook and it'll appear in the companion app! But you can buy the pen on its own, as well as the smart notebooks and planners in various sizes.

The Moleskine Notes 2.0 app (available on iPhone and Android ) was easy to use once I settled into it. An older version of the app is available for download, but the 2.0 version is more streamlined. A pop-up let me know that 2.0 is still a work in progress and I might need to switch back to the older version if my device is having trouble, but my iPhone 11 didn't have any issues.

Note: I tried the $149 2018 version of the Smart Writing Set, which is no longer available. I haven't tried the 2022 version. They seem identical, but the price has jumped dramatically to $279. There's also a 2016 version still selling for $100 on Amazon, but it's too old.

This Pen Prioritizes Audio

The Livescribe Symphony has all the features you'd expect from a smart pen, but it places a heavier emphasis on the ability to record. There are Record, Pause, and Stop labels at the bottom of the notebook pages that you can activate just by pressing with your pen—a feature I really liked. However, the app is a bit clunky, and its transcription tool isn't as good as the other picks on this list. It's still available from Walmart, but no longer for sale on Livescribe's website so it may not have a long life left.

The Symphony doesn't have a power button. Instead, it turns on when the cap is removed and off when the cap is replaced. This is a nice feature, in theory, to make sure you don't forget to turn it on before you start writing. However, the cap easily pops off, which means you risk leaving it turned on and draining the battery.

A Reusable Notebook

I find a lot of joy in brand-new notebooks, but there's no doubt that they can be wasteful. Rocketbook makes several reusable notebooks , planners , and accessories like flashcards . Take notes with an erasable Pilot Frixion Pen (one should come with whichever item you buy), scan photos to the Rocketbook app, and erase the whole thing with the damp microfiber cloth. The app is designed to keep everything organized and easily send things off to Google Drive, Evernote, OneNote, and a handful of other options.

The paper isn't as nice to write on as regular paper, but it's made to withstand a damp cloth. If I took a ton of notes every day, I'd probably want really good paper, but I like that one notebook can last as long as you take care of it. I stuck with the black pen it came with, but some people buy colorful Frixions for more organized notes.

What About the Kindle Scribe?

The Amazon Kindle Scribe ($340) ( 8/10, WIRED Recommends ) is similar and slightly cheaper than the Kobo Elipsa we recommend for readers. They work basically the same, with easy-to-use notebook options. We usually prefer Kindle's interfaces for reading , but marking books is actually simpler on the Kobo—with the Kindle, you have to use sticky notes instead of writing directly on the page. It's fine if you don't take frequent notes, but if you're looking to write in the margins and use colorful highlights, you'll want a Kobo.

Do You Need a Digital Note Device?

The short answer is no. These devices are expensive, usually costing several hundred dollars when you can simply buy a notebook and pen for a few bucks. But if you like the physical act of writing over typing but need to have digital copies, they're worth considering.

• Digital notebooks are thin and light but hold hundreds of notes.
• You can transcribe your notes into text files, making them easier to read and manipulate.
• Depending on the device, you can export files as PDFs, Google Docs, Evernote files, and more.
• Instantly digitizes your art too.
• Need to be charged.
• Has a learning curve.
• Most smart pens need to be paired with an accompanying notebook. The upcoming Nuwa Pen promises smart notes on any paper. We'll try it as soon as it's available. As of this writing, it's projected to start shipping in late summer 2024.

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Penbook 5: The best Penbook yet.

Penbook 5 is here, and it includes our most-requested features. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new:

PDF import: Use your own PDFs as notebooks. You can annotate them with ink and or text, and rearrange pages. You can even insert regular Penbook stationery pages between PDF pages.

Left-handed mode: Drag the main toolbar to the left to move the menus over. You can also drag the toolbars all the way off the iPad’s edge (on either side) to minimize them.

Maps: Now you can design and insert stylized maps. Perfect for your bullet journal or travel planning.

Improved search: There’s a new search field in the Shelf that searches across all your notebooks. It’s also much, much better at reading your handwriting if you upgrade your iPad to iPadOS 16.1.

Tags: We know a lot of you have big libraries – now, your notebooks are easily organized with tags. Like folders, but better!

Notebook creator: Tweak a stationery to your taste, and then make an entire notebook out of it in just a few taps. If you choose a planning stationery, it will increment the dates just like you’d expect.

Shape recognition: See a preview of recognized shapes, as you draw, and insert them with one tap.

It’s a lot to cover, and that’s on top of the new UI that holds it all together! In the coming weeks, we’ll send a quick walkthrough for each feature.

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Sure, the handwriting experience in Penbook is best-in-class. And yes, we love how Live Paper puts our Calendar events in an agenda alongside our sketches and scribbles. But what really keeps us coming back is how the app obsesses over customization, from paper and pen types to templates that have completely changed the way we take notes.

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With the addition of OCR text support, Penbook is stepping into the top tier of iPad note taking apps to use with a Pencil -after- adding a huge library of ready to go templates for organization styles you didn’t think you needed. The templating system is one of the most forward thinking out there. Many different types, with many customization options. Even if they didn’t add any more to the app, I would be able to functionally use all of these for years to come, but I would love to see more of what the art department has for ideas. The emulation of a pen/pencil/highlighter is one of the driving factors behind this app for me, but the way it is implemented is just as much, if not more important. Changing opacity at the same time as the tip size is a nice combination of things to have. Colour swatches, pen type and size are an Apple Pencil double tap away, and a menu option will have it smartly disappear to leave you with a document that is fitted to your iPad to function as a piece of paper. It’s great for meetings, homework, bullet journaling. I use Penbook for everything Pencil related now. It’s therapy, it’s university study and it’s planning a brighter week. Thank you to User Camp for making this. If I had to request features, I’d say making the typed note text align with whatever dot, grid or line layout in the template I choose would bring me so much zen. Also a few more tip size variations being a toggle in settings would add a lot more control. Oh, and a layer system like in Procreate. More variations of the ‘Gerrymander’ and ‘Please fold along this line’ templates would just melt my butter.

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I started on my homework but my pen ran out of ink. My hamster ate my homework. My computer’s on the blink.

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My mother ran my homework through the washer and the dryer. An airplane crashed into our house. My homework caught on fire.

Tornadoes blew my notes away. Volcanoes struck our town. My notes were taken hostage by an evil killer clown.

Some aliens abducted me. I had a shark attack. A pirate swiped my homework and refused to give it back.

I worked on these excuses so darned long my teacher said, “I think you’ll find it’s easier to do the work instead.”

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Trump rally shooter identified as 20-year-old Pennsylvania man

The man who authorities said attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was a member of a local gun club and worked as a dietary aide at a nursing facility.

The shooter, identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was killed by at least one Secret Service sharpshooter, authorities said.

Corey Comperatore, 50, a former chief of the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company, was identified as the sole victim fatally shot by Crooks during Saturday's attempt in Butler. Two other people were injured and are stable.

The shooter used a semiautomatic rifle, three senior U.S. law enforcement officials said based on what was found at the scene. Investigators are looking into whether the gun belonged to his father and had been purchased legally, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

He is believed to have fired eight shots before he was taken down, said an official, citing preliminary findings.

Multiple suspicious canisters or containers were found in the shooter’s vehicle, but it’s unclear whether they were functional as incendiary or explosive devices, two officials said.

Crooks’ family is cooperating with investigators. His motive remains unclear, said a senior law enforcement official who was briefed on the matter.

The Defense Department confirmed that Crooks had no affiliation with the U.S. military.

He was a member of the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club in Pittsburgh. The facility has various shooting ranges, including a 200-yard rifle range, as well as pistol ranges and indoor and outdoor archery ranges.

"We're sick over this," club president Bill Sellitto said. "It's just a terrible thing."

In a statement, the club said it "fully admonishes the senseless act of violence that occurred" Saturday and offered "its sincerest condolences to the Comperatore family and extends prayers to all of those injured including the former President."

The Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where the shooter worked as a dietary aide, said in a statement that "his background check was clean" and that he "performed his job without any concern."

"We are shocked and saddened to learn of his involvement," Marcie Grimm, and administrator at the center, said in a statement Sunday. She said that the center is cooperating with law enforcement and that it couldn't comment further.

Bethel Park is a predominantly white, relatively well-to-do city in the southern reaches of greater Pittsburgh. The site of the rally, Butler, is about an hour’s drive north of Pittsburgh.

Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022. He was among more than a dozen students who received National Math & Science Initiative Star Awards that year, according to a story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review .

A high school classmate, Jason Kohler, 21, said Crooks was a “loner” who was “bullied so much in high school.”

He would regularly wear hunting outfits and was made fun of for the way he dressed, Kohler said.

“He would sit alone at lunch. He was just the outcast,” Kohler said. “It’s honestly kind of sad.”

Michael Dudjak, 20, who went to school with Crooks for most of his life, recalled him as a relatively reserved and quiet classmate. He didn’t hear or see Crooks being actively bullied by their peers, Dudjak said, but Crooks was “on his own a lot.”

He couldn’t recall Crooks ever being outspoken about politics or very active on social media. Dudjak was with some friends and acquaintances from high school Saturday night when he learned that Crooks was the shooter.

They were all “in shock” and “couldn’t fathom” the news, Dudjak said.

“It’s definitely terrifying for someone you went to school with to commit such a heinous act. ... That’s the craziest thing about it when it entered my brain,” Dudjak said. “You were in the same class as this person two years ago.”

A man who lives on the shooter’s street said he was shocked to wake up to the news that a neighbor was responsible for the assassination attempt. “It’s absolutely nuts,” said the man, Andrew Blanco, 39.

Blanco said that most people on the block are friendly but that he rarely saw or spoke to anyone at the home.

“I just don’t know anything about them, because they’re not even outside,” Blanco said.

Dan Grzybek, a Democrat on the Allegheny County Council who lives down the street from the shooter’s home in Bethel Park, said neighbors can’t believe the shooter lived among them.

“No one ever expects that something like this would be done by someone who lives right in their neighborhood,” Grzybek said.

Grzybek said that when he was running for his County Council seat last fall, he met Crooks’ parents while he was knocking on doors in the neighborhood. Speaking at the family’s front door, Grzybek said he had a “very pleasant conversation” with Crooks’ parents.

Grzybek said he hadn’t previously met the shooter. It was a “very typical voter conversation,” Grzybek said.

Pennsylvania voter records listed a Thomas Matthew Crooks with the same address and birth date as a registered Republican. But Crooks appeared to have made a $15 donation to a liberal political action committee on Inauguration Day 2021, according to Federal Election Commission records.

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Challenge accepted: Reading Noem’s book yields even more damning info

Like many South Dakotans, I was intrigued by Gov. Kristi Noem’s chances for being selected as Donald Trump’s running mate, and I paid attention to the release of her book, “ No Going Back .” When her promotional appearances turned into the  book tour from hell , it was hard to look away. 

During  an interview  with Stuart Varney on Fox Business, Noem spent most of the interview defending her decision to include the story about  shooting her dog, Cricket . At one point in the interview, Noem asked Varney if he had read the book. Like so many of the politicians he has interviewed over the years, Varney ignored the question and went on to something else. 

Just when it seemed the book tour was over, Noem showed up in an interview with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation. Cuomo wondered how readers could trust anything Noem said in the book when she  included the falsehood  about meeting North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. Noem defended her trustworthiness, once again asking the interviewer if he had read the book. 

It was obvious that Varney and Cuomo had not done their homework. It was time for someone to read the book. So I did. 

The cover price is $30, but I got mine for $21.89 on Amazon. At first glance, the volume looks slim. There are 222 pages in the book, as well as two appendices that include a budget speech and a State of the State speech Noem delivered. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll admit to not reading the speeches. I sat through enough speeches like that as a journalist; life is too short to start reading them, too. 

So it’s not a thick book, and the margins seem wide, like a wayward college student trying to stretch out his term paper to the required length. Margins get wider when she offers life lessons at the end of each chapter or quotes someone at length. 

As you might imagine, she spends quite a bit of time bashing liberals and the media, but she manages to do it in a homey, informal style that, at times, is a little too reliant on cute asides to the reader. 

She’s also fond of wise bromides that belong stitched on a wall-hanging. Here’s a sample of her sayings for when you’re ready to stitch your next sampler:

• Be a leader. 
• Do some good. 
• Respect is earned.
• Be loyal to what matters.

The problem with “No Going Back” is that it really doesn’t know what it wants to be. Part of it was obviously intended to build Noem’s resume as she jockeyed to be Trump’s pick for vice president. To that end, she’s always quick to point out her interactions with foreign leaders, even making up at least one. Part of the book serves as an infomercial for the greatness of South Dakota. There are also leadership lessons strewn throughout. On leadership and politics, according to Noem, she’s doing it right while others fall short.

The most compellingly written part of the book is the chapter she should have left out. She’s good at conveying her visceral hatred of Cricket and the  smelly goat . It leaves a reader wishing the rest of the book were just as well written. 

Because of the Kim Jong Un faux pas, and corrections requested by  Mike Rounds  and Nikki Haley, I was looking for mistakes. Noem goes on at some length about the value of parents becoming involved with their local school boards, but muffs it when she says to be on the lookout for executive sessions. She warns that the school board can only go into executive session for contract negotiations or matters of human resources. She fails to mention that school boards are required to meet in executive session if the topic is student discipline. 

President Trump’s 2020 visit to Mount Rushmore is a highlight of the book. At one point Noem says that the national memorial is under the management of the U.S. Forest Service. It’s really run by the National Park Service. 

She has quite a few things to say about Trump’s  visit to Mount Rushmore , at one point calling it a “peaceful celebration.” Actually 20 protesters and a counter-protester  were arrested . While the charges were later dropped, they did block a checkpoint and have a physical altercation with sheriff’s deputies and members of the National Guard.

Even more disturbing than her attempt to rewrite the history of the event is her casual mention of using Hells Angels to keep the peace on back roads leading to the memorial. “Let’s put it this way: if someone wearing a Hells Angels vest makes it clear they don’t have time for any roadblocks, interruptions, or noise, potential disrupters will think twice.”

So here’s our governor, calling on the most notorious motorcycle gang in history to keep the peace. That seems a more glaring, newsworthy statement than falsely claiming to meet Kim Jong Un or shooting a dog or double-tapping a smelly goat. Maybe it’s a good thing for Noem that Varney and Cuomo didn’t read the book. 

Dana Hess spent more than 25 years in South Dakota journalism, editing newspapers in Redfield, Milbank and Pierre. He's retired and lives in Brookings, working occasionally as a freelance writer.

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Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, Pa., a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.

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He was interested in chess and coding, and had recently received an associate’s degree in engineering science. High school classmates remembered him as an intelligent student who had few friends, but who never exhibited any glaring red flags. The nursing home where he had a job helping with meals said his work gave its staff no reason for “concern.”

And in an era when other people his age put troves of personal information online, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, left few clues about who he was, what he believed, or why he decided to drive to a Trump rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday and try to assassinate the former president.

On Sunday, federal investigators said a gunman they identified as Mr. Crooks had used an AR-15 style rifle purchased by his father to open fire from a rooftop outside the rally where the former president, Donald J. Trump, was speaking. In a series of new details, F.B.I. officials said they were investigating the incident as a possible case of domestic terrorism, and that the gunman had left behind explosives materials in the vehicle he drove to the event.

But many other details of Mr. Crooks’s life and motives of were still unclear. Federal authorities said he had no apparent history of mental health issues or previous threats, and had not been on the radar of federal law enforcement.

Investigators were scouring his online presence and working to gain access to his phone, but so far had not found indications of strongly held political beliefs. In fact, the clues he left behind were confusing: He was a registered Republican but had also donated to a progressive cause in 2021; his parents were registered as a Democrat and Libertarian.

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Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Trump rally shooter?

• The FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the man who shot at Donald Trump. 
• Crooks was a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pa., and was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper.
• Crooks was a registered Republican. His motivation for shooting at Trump remains unclear.

The FBI has identified the man who shot at former President Donald Trump as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service agents after he fired from "an elevated position" at Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Trump said he was hit in the upper part of his ear with a bullet, but his campaign said the president was "fine." A bystander at the rally was killed in the attempted assassination.

Here's the latest on what we know about Crooks:

July 14, 8:27 p.m.: Crooks belonged to a local gun club

CBS News first reported that Crooks was a member of the Clairton Sportsmen's Club, a club with multiple pistol and rifle ranges in Clairton, Pennsylvania.

"Obviously, the Club fully admonishes the senseless act of violence that occurred yesterday," Bill Sellitto, the president of the club told CBS. "The Club also offers its sincerest condolences to the Comperatore family and extends prayers to all of those injured including the former President."

CBS also reported, citing a law enforcement source, that Crooks had at the time of the shooting been wearing a t-shirt that read "DemolitionRanch," an apparent reference to a gun-related YouTube channel with over 11 million subscribers.

July 14, 3:47 p.m.: FBI confirms details about gunman's weapons

In a call with reporters, FBI Pittsburgh Office Director Kevin Rojek said Crooks used an "AR-style 5.56 rifle" that was legally purchased to shoot Trump and the bystander.

Rojek also said the FBI hasn't finished a comprehensive assessment of the "rudimentary" explosive devices that were found among Crooks' possessions.

It remains unclear whether Crooks encountered local law enforcement before opening fire on Trump.

"We're still trying to flesh out those details," Rojek said.

July 14, 3:37 p.m.: Crooks likely acted alone, had no mental health issues, FBI says

Rojek said the FBI's initial investigation indicates that Crooks acted alone, and authorities have not yet "identified an ideology" related to the shooting.

"At this time, we have no indication of mental health issues," Rojek said. "Our primary focus is on the phone. We are working to get access to the phone."

Robert Wells, the assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division, said the FBI's top priority is identifying a motive and assessing whether there were co-conspirators, though there are currently no indicators of other people involved.

"We are investigating this as an assassination attempt but also looking at it as a potential domestic terrorism act. So our counterterrorism division and our criminal divisions are working, working jointly together to determine the motive," Wells said.

Officials are combing Crooks's social media accounts and monitoring accounts from people pretending to be the gunman, Rojek said.

July 14, 3:07 p.m.: Crooks worked at a nursing center

Crooks was a dietary aide at the Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, the center said in a statement obtained by The Hill on Sunday

"We are shocked and saddened to learn of his involvement as Thomas Matthew Crooks performed his job without concern and his background check was clean," a spokesperson for the center said in the statement. "We are fully cooperating with law enforcement officials at this time. Due to the ongoing investigation, we cannot comment further on any specifics. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Former President Trump and the victims impacted by this terrible tragedy. We condemn all acts of violence."

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July 14, 2:12 p.m.: Biden cautions not to assume motive

During a brief press conference from the White House, President Joe Biden said investigators had not yet determined Crooks' motive.

"I urge everyone, please: don't make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations," Biden said. "Let the FBI do their job."

Biden said he has ordered investigations into the shooting be "thorough and swift."

The president said he would speak more during a primetime address on Sunday night.

July 14, 12 p.m.: Explosives found: reports

The Wall Street Journal cited anonymous people briefed on the case that authorities later found explosive devices in Crooks' car, which he had driven to the rally and parked up nearby.

Police received reports of suspicious packages in the area surrounding the shooter, and bomb technicians were dispatched to the scene, per The Journal.

Law enforcement also found materials to make a bomb at Crooks' home, according to The Associated Press .

The FBI told Business Insider that the investigation into the shooting is still ongoing. Investigators haven't determined Crooks' motive as of Sunday morning.

July 14, 10 a.m.: AR-style rifle was reportedly used in the shooting

Law enforcement found an AR-15-type semiautomatic rifle near Crooks' body, according to The New York Times.

Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that investigators believed the weapon to have been bought by Crooks' father.

Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks?

Voting records showed Crooks was registered as a Republican.

Crooks doesn't appear to have a criminal record before the shooting, according to online Pennsylvania court records.

Federal Election Commission records revealed that someone matching Crooks' name and address made a $15 donation in January 2021 to the Progressive Turnout Project via ActBlue, a platform that raises funds for political candidates.

The upcoming election in November would have been the first time Crooks would have been old enough to vote in a presidential race.

It is not yet clear what his motivation was for shooting at the former president.

The Bethel Park School District in Pennsylvania confirmed in a statement seen by local media that Crooks had graduated from Bethel Park High in 2022.

"Our school district will cooperate fully with the active law enforcement investigation surrounding this case," the statement read.

According to local media outlet Triblive, Crooks had received a $500 "star award" from the National Math and Science Initiative.

According to reports from USA Today, dozens of law enforcement vehicles were stationed outside the address listed on Crooks' voter registration record as of Sunday morning. Roads leading to the house were shut down.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on the scene, according to the outlet. A bomb squad was also in attendance.

Crooks' residence is about an hour's drive south of Butler.

Crooks' father, Matthew Crooks, 53, told CNN that he was trying to figure out "what the hell is going on" and would wait until he spoke to law enforcement before speaking about his son.

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The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post.

Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off at least five to seven shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh, according to law enforcement sources.

Sources said Crooks crawled on the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds.

He was killed by Secret Service snipers.

Authorities recovered an AR-style semi-automatic assault rifle from the scene. He was also wearing a shirt for a popular gun YouTube channel called Demolition Ranch.

Bethel Park is a village 40 miles south of where the Butler rally was held.

According to state voter status records, Crooks was a registered Republican.

The shooter made one singular $15 donation to the liberal ActBlue political action committee on January 20, 2021 — Biden’s Inauguration Day,  the Intercept reported.

At the time of the donation, Crooks was 17-years-old. He registered to vote upon turning 18 in September of that same year as a member of the GOP, records show.

Follow The Post’s latest stories on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump:

• Trump says he ‘felt the bullet ripping through my skin’ in first statement since assassination attempt
• Donald Trump urges the nation to not let ‘evil win’ and ‘fear not’ after shooting
• Gunman behind attempted assassination on Trump had head blown off by Secret Service, sources say; rally-goer killed
• Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was loner ‘relentlessly’ bullied in high school: classmate
• How Trump’s split-second head turn may have saved his life from assassin’s bullet
• Ex-volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore ID’d as Trump sniper victim, shielded his daughter from assassin’s bullets
• Search for Trump shooter’s motive delayed by explosives found in home and car: sources

Keep up to date on updates with the Post’s live blog on the assassination attempt on Trump

Crooks was a member of the 2022 graduating class at Bethel Park High School, the school district confirmed Sunday morning.

Video shows him walking across a stage to accept his diploma.

He also received a $500 National Math and Science Initative Star Award during his graduating year, TribLive reported.

Why Crooks fired on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is unclear.

Early Sunday the FBI officially confirmed the Post’s reporting, calling Crooks the “subject involved” in the attack on Trump. 

The streets around Crooks’ house were blocked off by police.

A neighbor told The Post he saw an Allegheny County bomb squad preparing to enter the home shortly after 1 a.m.

“I saw a post of his name and that he lived in Bethel Park, so I looked him up and he lives .3 miles away,” Dan Maloney, 30, said regarding shooter Thomas Crooks.

“I went down there and spoke to the county bomb squad at 1:06 a.m. He said he was about to go into the house.

I didn’t know the guy. No one in this neighborhood really talks to each other.

“It’s a tragedy. One person died, another is in the hospital. He went after a former president and likely the next president.”

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