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===Security breach===

===Security breach===

[[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: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]]

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 Secret Service sniper team is said to have had him in their sights for several minutes before taking him out. The rules of engagement (ROE) prohibited the Secret Service from shooting until the gunman shot first.

The Secret Service sniper team is said to have had him in their sights for several minutes before taking him out. The rules of engagement (ROE) prohibited the Secret Service from shooting until the gunman shot first.

 

A local [[law enforcement]] officer climbed to the roof and found the shooter, who pointed the rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and the gunman quickly fired toward Trump.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-assassination-attempt-db24c5bfbbe7d09fa2437c3c836bb434</ref>

A local [[law enforcement]] officer climbed to the roof and found the shooter, who pointed the rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and the gunman quickly fired toward Trump.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-assassination-attempt-db24c5bfbbe7d09fa2437c3c836bb434</ref>

===The shooter===

===The shooter===

[[File:TurnoutPAC tweet hours before assassination attempt.jpeg|thumb|TurnoutPAC tweet hours before assassination attempt]]

[[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.'

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.'

<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> 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>

<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> 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>