BETHEL PARK, Pa.—Milford Drive in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, is usually like many other neighborhoods amid the hills of suburban Pittsburgh.
Mid-19th century middle-class homes adorned with American flags by the front doors sit along tree-lined streets. Retired couples relax on front porches and couples walk their dogs, exchanging hellos.
Tranquility in this community of 32,000 around nine miles south of Pittsburgh was abruptly interrupted hours after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler, around an hour away.
Mr. Crooks lived on Milford Drive with his parents. The neighborhood is now the epicenter in the search for answers about why the he committed the act of violence from a rooftop about 150 yards from the former president. Mr. Crooks was killed by a Secret Service sniper….