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Thomas Crooks: The Man Behind Assassination Attempt on Trump

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By Web Desk Published July 16, 2024 2 Min Read
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Former US President Donald Trump was seen with blood on his face, escorted offstage by Secret Service agents during a campaign event at Butler Farm Show, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Suspected of Attempting to Assassinate Donald Trump.
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The case of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at an election rally, remains largely mysterious in terms of motive and his ability to get so close to the former president. Emerging details portray Crooks as a nursing home aide from Pennsylvania, remembered by his high school counsellor as a respectful, bright, yet non-political figure.

On Sunday, the FBI reported that Thomas Crooks’s social media did not exhibit threatening language, nor did it reveal any mental health issues. He appeared to have acted independently without a clear motive. Notably, Crooks distinguishes himself from other recent perpetrators of public shootings by nearly succeeding in an attack on a presidential candidate.

The rabbit hole goes deeper..

The Shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was featured in a 2023 BlackRock Ad

• The BlackRock ad was filmed at Bethel Park High School, which Crooks attended.

• Crooks can be seen at the 19 second mark.

🔴 MY THOUGHTS:

This to me stinks of… pic.twitter.com/ag76CTuhhq

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 14, 2024

The Incident and its Aftermath

The incident unfolded on a Saturday afternoon when Crooks, positioned on a rooftop 150 yards away from where Trump was speaking, opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle that his father had purchased. This attack resulted in the death of a 50-year-old man and critical injuries to two others while also grazing Trump’s ear—escalating the already intense political division in the U.S.

Crooks, a registered Republican from Bethel Park, was poised to vote for the first time in the upcoming presidential election on November 5. He grew up in a politically mixed household, with his father a Republican and his mother a Democrat. Previously, at 17, Crooks had donated $15 to a Democratic cause.

TMZ just JUST released footage of Donald Trump’s shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks being bullied while he was in school.

People are saying Crooks was always a coward and a loser. pic.twitter.com/CJ3lhhlu1z

— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) July 15, 2024

He was a member of the local Clairton Sportsmen’s Club, which openly condemned the violence as a “senseless act of violence.” At the time of the shooting, he worked as a dietary aide in a nursing home, where the administrator affirmed his unremarkable conduct and clean background check.

Crooks had graduated from high school two years prior, where, as one classmate recalled, he was known for his interest in computers and gaming rather than politics. This classmate described him as exceptionally intelligent, making the incident particularly shocking.

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