FBI names Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, as Trump rally shooting suspect By Annabelle Timsit July 14, 2024 at 8:11 ET The FBI named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., as the suspected shooter in what it described as an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. The Secret Service said its agents “neutralized” the shooter, who is now dead. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he was “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.” One spectator was killed, and two others were critically injured. Relatively little is publicly known about Crooks, though in the coming hours and days, his background and possible motives will be the subject of intense focus by media and law enforcement. Here’s what we know. Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks? Crooks was 20 years old and from Bethel Park, Pa. — about 40 miles south of Butler, the location of Saturday night’s Trump rally, the FBI said. A local media outlet’s list of graduates of Bethel Park High School in 2022 listed Thomas Crooks as one of 20 students to have received a $500 prize for math and science from the school that year. Bethel Park High School did not immediately reply to a request early Sunday for comment. Crooks was registered as a Republican, according to Pennsylvania’s voter status records. By early Sunday, authorities had sealed off the area around the alleged shooter’s home. Local fire department vehicles blocked access for several blocks, allowing only residents and investigators to enter. What do we know about the investigation? The suspected shooter used an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle to carry out the attack, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the investigation said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a probe that is still in its early stages. When the FBI named Crooks as the suspect, the bureau said this “remains an active and ongoing investigation” and urged anyone with relevant information to submit it to the agency. In a news conference Saturday evening, before the alleged shooter was named, FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Kevin Rojek said the agency did not yet know his motivation. “Our investigators are working tirelessly to attempt to identify what that motive was,” he said. Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens was asked whether the shooter acted alone and responded that it was “too early to say that.” “It will be some time until we can conclusively … answer that question,” he added. Bivens described a “chaotic” scene at the rally after shots were fired in the direction of Trump as he was speaking on the rally stage. He said federal and local agencies were working together to interview witnesses and process the crime scene. Steve Hendrix in Bethel Park, Pa., Devlin Barrett, Perry Stein and Alex Horton contributed to this report.
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i’m going to be the fox news/trumper if this happened to Biden:
fake shooting! It was ketchup on his ear! Biden is desperate to get votes!
Last night also showed some ugly heads. As pointed out, one of the first posts here was questioning if it’s faked. Then the rumors of it was glass and not a bullet, like people couldn’t admit he was shot. Then all the classless jokes on social media, people giving thoughts and prayers to the shooter, giving advice on shooting lessons, etc. Well after a confirmed fatality was announced. I’m not sure your visions would be any worse than what I saw last night.
And he just won the election. There is no room for assassination in USA. That is what the left has become insufferable, intolerant, hateful, spiteful, angry, unrelenting progressives which will be the death of America.
Vote all red or this country will be full of that kind of shit.
I find the terms of your agreement acceptable. We had a good run. America is overrated anyways.
i’m going to be the fox news/trumper if this happened to Biden:
fake shooting! It was ketchup on his ear! Biden is desperate to get votes!
Last night also showed some ugly heads. As pointed out, one of the first posts here was questioning if it’s faked. Then the rumors of it was glass and not a bullet, like people couldn’t admit he was shot. Then all the classless jokes on social media, people giving thoughts and prayers to the shooter, giving advice on shooting lessons, etc. Well after a confirmed fatality was announced. I’m not sure your visions would be any worse than what I saw last night.
It was the police that said it was a fragment of the teleprompter that hit his ear. I was watching Fox News as they reported it so maybe settle down a bit up there on your high horse.
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i’m going to be the fox news/trumper if this happened to Biden:
fake shooting! It was ketchup on his ear! Biden is desperate to get votes!
Last night also showed some ugly heads. As pointed out, one of the first posts here was questioning if it’s faked. Then the rumors of it was glass and not a bullet, like people couldn’t admit he was shot. Then all the classless jokes on social media, people giving thoughts and prayers to the shooter, giving advice on shooting lessons, etc. Well after a confirmed fatality was announced. I’m not sure your visions would be any worse than what I saw last night.
could it not possibly have been glass there, true believer?
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
i’m going to be the fox news/trumper if this happened to Biden:
fake shooting! It was ketchup on his ear! Biden is desperate to get votes!
Last night also showed some ugly heads. As pointed out, one of the first posts here was questioning if it’s faked. Then the rumors of it was glass and not a bullet, like people couldn’t admit he was shot. Then all the classless jokes on social media, people giving thoughts and prayers to the shooter, giving advice on shooting lessons, etc. Well after a confirmed fatality was announced. I’m not sure your visions would be any worse than what I saw last night.
It was the police that said it was a fragment of the teleprompter that hit his ear. I was watching Fox News as they reported it so maybe settle down a bit up there on your high horse.
Yes. Now what mace…considering the shooter was a republican? Is it time to back off the dems yet?
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#3 has exception if said news source is using a wire service like ap or reuters or upi.....
Those outlets are still capable of getting things incorrect in the immediate aftermath of a current event. Always best to wait 48-72 after the event to let the dust settle.
#3 has exception if said news source is using a wire service like ap or reuters or upi.....
Those outlets are still capable of getting things incorrect in the immediate aftermath of a current event. Always best to wait 48-72 after the event to let the dust settle.
true enough, but I dont believe its for clickbait, which seems to me to be what other msm(including fox,newsmax and onn) outlets are going for these days.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
i’m going to be the fox news/trumper if this happened to Biden:
fake shooting! It was ketchup on his ear! Biden is desperate to get votes!
Last night also showed some ugly heads. As pointed out, one of the first posts here was questioning if it’s faked. Then the rumors of it was glass and not a bullet, like people couldn’t admit he was shot. Then all the classless jokes on social media, people giving thoughts and prayers to the shooter, giving advice on shooting lessons, etc. Well after a confirmed fatality was announced. I’m not sure your visions would be any worse than what I saw last night.
could it not possibly have been glass there, true believer?
Sure, but that was being spread without any confirmation. I turned on the news as soon as I heard about the shooting, maybe about 15 minutes, and never heard any reports of it outside social media. It was being spread fast there. And plenty of people wishing the shooter hadn’t missed.
i’m going to be the fox news/trumper if this happened to Biden:
fake shooting! It was ketchup on his ear! Biden is desperate to get votes!
Last night also showed some ugly heads. As pointed out, one of the first posts here was questioning if it’s faked. Then the rumors of it was glass and not a bullet, like people couldn’t admit he was shot. Then all the classless jokes on social media, people giving thoughts and prayers to the shooter, giving advice on shooting lessons, etc. Well after a confirmed fatality was announced. I’m not sure your visions would be any worse than what I saw last night.
It was the police that said it was a fragment of the teleprompter that hit his ear. I was watching Fox News as they reported it so maybe settle down a bit up there on your high horse.
I don’t own a horse. Just pointing out there were plenty of people mocking the situation and wishing the bullet hadn’t missed despite a fatality. So I don’t see the need to mock the “what ifs” had it been Biden when it was pretty bad already. I probably saw more posts mocking the shooting, supporting the shooter or suggesting it was faked than I saw condolences for those injured or killed.
The pearl clutching over the reaction to yesterday is a bit much, especially considering how trump et al responded to the attempted murder of Paul Pelosi last fall.
Inciting hatred & invective has been the staple of one party for years now, and it ain’t the Dems.
The pearl clutching over the reaction to yesterday is a bit much, especially considering how trump et al responded to the attempted murder of Paul Pelosi last fall.
Inciting hatred & invective has been the staple of one party for years now, and it ain’t the Dems.
just wait. the rhetoric is going to be 10 times worse now.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
They seem to forget the list of dem candidates in races that were marked with crosshairs as well. Or the tee shirt or graphic with pelosi in crosshairs. Chickens coming home to roost or karma’s a bitch.
The pearl clutching over the reaction to yesterday is a bit much, especially considering how trump et al responded to the attempted murder of Paul Pelosi last fall.
Inciting hatred & invective has been the staple of one party for years now, and it ain’t the Dems.
You’re right, there were definitely classless posts about Paul and many other things directed at the left. Let’s just not pretend they didn’t exist last night is all I’m saying. There has already been one congressional aide fired for posting the shooter should have taken lessons.
They seem to forget the list of dem candidates in races that were marked with crosshairs as well. Or the tee shirt or graphic with pelosi in crosshairs. Chickens coming home to roost or karma’s a bitch.
i am old enough to remember when giffords was nearly assassinated.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
They seem to forget the list of dem candidates in races that were marked with crosshairs as well. Or the tee shirt or graphic with pelosi in crosshairs. Chickens coming home to roost or karma’s a bitch.
i am old enough to remember when giffords was nearly assassinated.
giffords was one of the ones in the crosshairs that sara palin posted on social media before giffords got shot.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
They seem to forget the list of dem candidates in races that were marked with crosshairs as well. Or the tee shirt or graphic with pelosi in crosshairs. Chickens coming home to roost or karma’s a bitch.
i am old enough to remember when giffords was nearly assassinated.
Not much outrage then from repubs regarding gun violence either. But now? Nah, it’s all the libs’ fault. The party of “responsibility” has no responsibility for anything, ever.
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President Trump arriving home safely to New Jersey
after assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
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By Annabelle Timsit
July 14, 2024 at 8:11 ET
The FBI named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., as the suspected shooter in what it described as an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.
The Secret Service said its agents “neutralized” the shooter, who is now dead. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he was “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.” One spectator was killed, and two others were critically injured.
Relatively little is publicly known about Crooks, though in the coming hours and days, his background and possible motives will be the subject of intense focus by media and law enforcement. Here’s what we know.
Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks?
Crooks was 20 years old and from Bethel Park, Pa. — about 40 miles south of Butler, the location of Saturday night’s Trump rally, the FBI said.
A local media outlet’s list of graduates of Bethel Park High School in 2022 listed Thomas Crooks as one of 20 students to have received a $500 prize for math and science from the school that year. Bethel Park High School did not immediately reply to a request early Sunday for comment.
Crooks was registered as a Republican, according to Pennsylvania’s voter status records.
By early Sunday, authorities had sealed off the area around the alleged shooter’s home. Local fire department vehicles blocked access for several blocks, allowing only residents and investigators to enter.
What do we know about the investigation?
The suspected shooter used an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle to carry out the attack, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the investigation said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a probe that is still in its early stages.
When the FBI named Crooks as the suspect, the bureau said this “remains an active and ongoing investigation” and urged anyone with relevant information to submit it to the agency.
In a news conference Saturday evening, before the alleged shooter was named, FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Kevin Rojek said the agency did not yet know his motivation. “Our investigators are working tirelessly to attempt to identify what that motive was,” he said.
Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens was asked whether the shooter acted alone and responded that it was “too early to say that.”
“It will be some time until we can conclusively … answer that question,” he added.
Bivens described a “chaotic” scene at the rally after shots were fired in the direction of Trump as he was speaking on the rally stage. He said federal and local agencies were working together to interview witnesses and process the crime scene.
Steve Hendrix in Bethel Park, Pa., Devlin Barrett, Perry Stein and Alex Horton contributed to this report.
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I find the terms of your agreement acceptable. We had a good run. America is overrated anyways.
The photo on the left reportedly shows the ladder the shooter used to gain access to the roof.
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#3 has exception if said news source is using a wire service like ap or reuters or upi.....
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Gonna put this with my Desert Storm trading cards...
Remember those?
true enough, but I dont believe its for clickbait, which seems to me to be what other msm(including fox,newsmax and onn) outlets are going for these days.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
And plenty of people wishing the shooter hadn’t missed.
I probably saw more posts mocking the shooting, supporting the shooter or suggesting it was faked than I saw condolences for those injured or killed.
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