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[[File:Thomas Matthew Crooks Blackrock.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Thomas Matthew Crooks gunman at Trump Rally appearing in 2022 [[BlackRock]] video.<ref>[https://youtu.be/p0EBvH8zIKI Trump Rally Gunman - Thomas Matthew Crooks - in BlackRock Promotional Video], This is the President, Jul 14, 2024. YouTube</ref>]]

[[File:Thomas Matthew Crooks Blackrock.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Thomas Matthew Crooks gunman at Trump Rally appearing in 2022 [[BlackRock]] video.<ref>[https://youtu.be/p0EBvH8zIKI Trump Rally Gunman - Thomas Matthew Crooks - in BlackRock Promotional Video], This is the President, Jul 14, 2024. YouTube</ref>]]

The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as the gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally]. By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref> asked his boss for the day off, telling him he had 'something to do,'

'''Thomas Matthew Crooks''' (2004-2024) is the main suspect in the [[Assassination attempt on President Donald Trump]] in Butler, [[Pennsylvania]] on July 13, 2024 while campaigning for the [[2024 United States presidential election]].<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/ Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as the gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally]. By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy. ''[[NY Post]]''. Published July 13, 2024, 11:39 p.m. ET</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-assassination-bid-who-is-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-20-year-old-suspected-shooter-437085-2024-07-14 Donald Trump assassination bid: Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old suspected shooter? Crooks' shots injured Trump, grazing his ear, and tragically claimed the life of an innocent bystander while critically wounding two others].</ref>  

 

Crooks asked his boss for the day off, telling him he had 'something to do,'

<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13641825/Trump-shooter-crooks-boss-request-work.html Trump shooter's ominous request to his boss before assassination attempt revealed... and the eerie moment he locked eyes with counter-sniper before opening fire], Dominic Yeatman, ''Daily Mail'', Jul 17, 2024</ref> and had conducted internet searches for mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, major political figures and political events such as that Trump rally,<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-update-donald-trump-shooting-1927677 Thomas Matthew Crooks Update: New Details on Trump Shooter Released], ''Newsweek'', July 19, 2024</ref> as well as how to build explosives.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/19/us-news/thomas-crooks-researched-ethan-crumbley-parents-report/ 'Thomas Crooks researched Ethan Crumbley, watched livestream of Trump just before trying to kill him]. By Joe Marino and forOlivia Land, ''The New York Post'', July 19, 2024</ref>

<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13641825/Trump-shooter-crooks-boss-request-work.html Trump shooter's ominous request to his boss before assassination attempt revealed... and the eerie moment he locked eyes with counter-sniper before opening fire], Dominic Yeatman, ''Daily Mail'', Jul 17, 2024</ref> and had conducted internet searches for mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, major political figures and political events such as that Trump rally,<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-update-donald-trump-shooting-1927677 Thomas Matthew Crooks Update: New Details on Trump Shooter Released], ''Newsweek'', July 19, 2024</ref> as well as how to build explosives.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/07/19/us-news/thomas-crooks-researched-ethan-crumbley-parents-report/ 'Thomas Crooks researched Ethan Crumbley, watched livestream of Trump just before trying to kill him]. By Joe Marino and forOlivia Land, ''The New York Post'', July 19, 2024</ref>