Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, joined a gun club less than a year before the shooting, according to the Daily Mail.

Crooks visited a shooting range 43 times and went to target practice three to six times per month, the Daily Mail reported, citing records obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

The 20-year-old last visited the shooting range on Friday, July 12 at 2:45 p.m., a day before he shot at Trump, killing one person and injuring two others before he was shot by Secret Service.

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