The would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump reportedly searched for pornography before the shooting, according to The Daily Beast.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspect in the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, was found to have searched for pornography on his mobile phone shortly before the attack, a senior law enforcement official said. The Daily BeastThe details were provided by the FBI's Operational Technology Division in Quantico, Virginia. Announced They managed to gain access to Crooks' encrypted Samsung Android phone, which the Pittsburgh field office was initially unable to decrypt.

Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' last online search was for porn https://t.co/vxDBQLjI9j pic.twitter.com/d22M8ahcO8

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The source, who asked not to be named, said the only recent activity on Crooks' phone had been text messages from his parents expressing concern about his whereabouts. They suspected he had taken an AR-type rifle to a shooting range where he sometimes practices, but the text messages, which began around 1 p.m., went unanswered as the situation escalated.

“By 6 p.m. he was dead,” a source told The Daily Beast. Crooks wounded two people at the rally, one fatally, before being shot and killed by a Secret Service anti-sniper team. Investigators have nearly finished examining the contents of his phone and are now turning their focus to a laptop and multiple hard drives found in Crooks' bedroom. (Related: “The most amazing thing I've ever seen”: Mark Zuckerberg “emotional” after Trump assassination attempt)

According to The Daily Beast, Crooks was not politically motivated or mentally ill, but the items are being scrutinized for clues as to why he decided to target Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Speaking at the Republican National Convention, Trump noted that the Secret Service neutralized the threat with a single bullet.