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'''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>  

'''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>  

<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>

Crooks was a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, a nursing-home employee,<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-shooter-881581c46c07025898027143fc9132e5 What we know about the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump], ''AP'', July 14, 2024</ref> was socially awkward with no political profile, according to his classmates;<ref name=wsj14jul2024>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/who-was-thomas-matthew-crooks--lrMt72pIYPaqiqCoDta2 Portrait of Trump Shooting Suspect Emerges], WSJ July 14, 2024</ref>  

 

He was a 20-year-old male from the Bethel Park, PA, a nursing-home employee,<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-shooter-881581c46c07025898027143fc9132e5 What we know about the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump], ''AP'', July 14, 2024</ref> was socially awkward with no political profile, according to his classmates;<ref name=wsj14jul2024>[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-rally-incident/card/who-was-thomas-matthew-crooks--lrMt72pIYPaqiqCoDta2 Portrait of Trump Shooting Suspect Emerges], WSJ July 14, 2024</ref> Crooks starred in a [[Blackrock]] commercial filmed at Bethel Park High School, from which he graduated in 2022.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/trump-shooter-appeared-in-2022-blackrock-ad-investment-firm-pulls-it-down-2566973-2024-07-15 Trump shooter appeared in 2022 BlackRock ad, investment firm pulls it down], ''[[Reuters]]'', UPDATED: Jul 15, 2024. indiatoday.in</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/r6PWmi4y5pw Trump shooter tied to Blackrock], The Jimmy Dore Show, Jul 14, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref> BlackRock, which donated a record amount to Democrats in the [[2022 Midterm elections]],<ref>[https://www.pionline.com/washington/blackrock-donates-record-amount-us-political-campaigns-esg-fight-heats BlackRock donates record amount to U.S. political campaigns as ESG fight heats up], ''[[Bloomberg News]]'', November 07, 2022. pionline.com</ref> stands to lose "the billions of dollars it has invested in [[Ukraine]]" if President Trump wins reelection in 2024.<ref>[https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-proviv-zustrich-iz-kerivnictvom-najbilshoyi-u-svit-82725 President holds meeting with world's largest investment company on creation of fund for rebuilding Ukraine], PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE Volodymyr Zelensky|VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY]] Official website, 5 May 2023. president.gov.ua</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported about [[oligarch]] activities over the [[4th of July]] just days before the assassination attempt, " As more leading Democrats say privately that [[Joe Biden|President Biden]] should withdraw from the presidential race, some of the party’s most prominent backers on [[Wall Street]] spent the holiday weekend debating what to do next...The group — including [[Larry Fink]] of BlackRock; [[Robert Rubin]], the former [[Treasury secretary]]; Jon Gray of Blackstone; [[Peter Orszag]] of Lazard; Blair Effron of Centerview Partners; and Robert Wolf, a former [[UBS]] executive close to [[Barack Obama]] — talked to friends, colleagues and in some cases each other about whether to stick with Biden."<ref>[https://archive.is/x7Nms Biden’s Wall Street Donors Are Increasingly ‘Concerned’], By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch, Ephrat Livni, Vivienne Walt and Benjamin Mullin, ''New York Times]], July 8, 2024. nytimes.com</ref>

A classmate recalled being mocked by Crooks for the classmate's support of Trump in 2016:

A classmate recalled being mocked by Crooks for the classmate's support of Trump in 2016:

"I brought up the fact that I'm [[Hispanic]] and, you know, I'm for Trump. And he said, 'Well, you're Hispanic, so shouldn't you hate Trump?'" Vincent Taormina told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "No. He's great. He was a great president. He called me stupid – or insinuated that I was stupid."<ref> [https://www.aol.com/news/former-classmate-recalls-trump-shooter-080043511.html Former classmate recalls Trump shooter grilling him over support for former POTUS: 'Did not like politicians']. Michael Ruiz, ''Fox News'', July 17, 2024</ref>}}

"I brought up the fact that I'm [[Hispanic]] and, you know, I'm for Trump. And he said, 'Well, you're Hispanic, so shouldn't you hate Trump?'" Vincent Taormina told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "No. He's great. He was a great president. He called me stupid – or insinuated that I was stupid."<ref> [https://www.aol.com/news/former-classmate-recalls-trump-shooter-080043511.html Former classmate recalls Trump shooter grilling him over support for former POTUS: 'Did not like politicians']. Michael Ruiz, ''Fox News'', July 17, 2024</ref>}}

While the [[Deep State]] fails to address the high correlation between [[young mass murderers]] like Crooks' and violent [[video games]], it did disclose that "investigators found an image of the arrest photo of Ethan Crumbley," who murdered classmates at his school, on Crooks' phone.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/politics/trump-rally-shooter-searches/index.html</ref> And of course  

his said message on a gaming platform hinting on the fateful Saturday.  

 

While the [[Deep State]] fails to address the high correlation between [[young mass murderers]] like Crooks' and violent [[video games]], it did disclose that "investigators found an image of the arrest photo of Ethan Crumbley," who murdered classmates at his school, on Crooks' phone.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/politics/trump-rally-shooter-searches/index.html</ref> And of course his said message on a gaming platform hinting on the fateful Saturday.  

"According to the New York Times, federal campaign-finance records show" a Thomas Crooks (no middle name) "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a [[liberal]] voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform [[ActBlue]] in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'', July 14, 2024. Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref> Whether or not this is the same Thomas Crooks remains to be seen. Hours before the incident, the aforementioned [[progressive]] ''TurnoutPAC'' tweeted about Trump supposedly "destroying Democracy." Quote:  

"According to the New York Times, federal campaign-finance records show" a Thomas Crooks (no middle name) "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a [[liberal]] voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform [[ActBlue]] in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'', July 14, 2024. Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref> Whether or not this is the same Thomas Crooks remains to be seen. Hours before the incident, the aforementioned [[progressive]] ''TurnoutPAC'' tweeted about Trump supposedly "destroying Democracy." Quote:  

{{Cquote|''It's simple people: Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and another four years of him would be detrimental to our country.''}}

{{Cquote|''It's simple people: Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and another four years of him would be detrimental to our country.''}}

The [[tweet]] was [https://archive.ph/VLCUd still left] even after the assassination.

The [[tweet]] was [https://archive.ph/VLCUd still left] even after the assassination.

Crooks had packages marked "Hazardous Materials" delivered to his home where he lived with his parents.

Crooks had packages marked "Hazardous Materials" delivered to his home where he lived with his parents.

Crooks is reported to have three offshore bank accounts, in [[Germany]], [[Belgium]], and [[New Zealand]].

Crooks is reported to have three offshore bank accounts, in [[Germany]], [[Belgium]], and [[New Zealand]].

He was eliminated<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-cause-manner-death-revealed Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' cause, manner of death revealed]</ref> instantly.  

Crooks 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 Olivia Land, ''The New York Post'', July 19, 2024</ref>

 

The ''Epoch Times'' reported that Bethel Park High School refuted claims that Crooks had been a member of the school's shooting team or that he was the victim of [[bullying]].<ref>[https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-shooter-wasnt-a-member-of-rifle-team-and-wasnt-bullied-school-says-5691115 Trump Shooter Wasn’t a Member of Rifle Team and Wasn’t Bullied, School Says], By Jack Phillips, ''[[The Epoch Times]]'', 7/21/2024. theepochtimes.com</ref>

==The shooting==

[[File:6693560eb6018-the-assailant-has-been-reportedly-identified-as-20-year-old-thomas-matthew-crooks-of-bethel-park--pe-143733406-16x9.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Suspected shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks]]

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>  

The shooter arrived at the site 3 hours early. At 3pm he triggered a metal detector as he tried to gain access to the event, and was found to be carrying a rangefinder – a gun sight typically used by marksmen preparing to shoot at distance. Security officers allowed him in.  

The shooter arrived at the site 3 hours early. At 3pm he triggered a metal detector as he tried to gain access to the event, and was found to be carrying a rangefinder – a gun sight typically used by marksmen preparing to shoot at distance. Security officers allowed him in.  

The shooter got off 5 shots, killing retired fire chief Corey Comperatore in the crowd, critically injuring 2 others, and grazing President Trump's right ear before being "neutralized" with 3 shots by Secret Service snipers, in the words of the Secret Service.

The shooter got off 5 shots, killing retired fire chief Corey Comperatore in the crowd, critically injuring 2 others, and grazing President Trump's right ear before being "neutralized" with 3 shots by Secret Service snipers, in the words of the Secret Service.

[[Rep. Ruben Gallego]], an [[Arizona]] Democrat running for the [[US Senate]] said, “Those responsible for the planning, approving and executing of this clearly insufficient security plan need to testify before Congress and be held accountable."<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/14/secret-service-trump-shooting-rally-00168158 ‘Massive security breach’: Secret Service under scrutiny after gunman got clear shot at Trump], By JOSH GERSTEIN and KYLE CHENEY, ''[[Politico]]'', 07/14/2024. politico.com</ref>

He was eliminated<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-cause-manner-death-revealed Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks' cause, manner of death revealed]</ref> instantly.

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