US Presidential Election 2024: Thomas Matthew Crooks: The Trump Shooter

The FBI identified, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the suspect of the attempted assassination on former US President, Donald Trump, at his campaign rally on Saturday 13 July, 2024.

Donald Trump was converted and whisked away by Secret Service after an attempted assassination at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday 13 July, 2024
Donald Trump was converted and whisked away by Secret Service after an attempted assassination at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday 13 July, 2024. Photo: AP via bbc.com

The suspect was shot and killed by the Secret Service few seconds after he allegedly fired shots toward a stage where Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania.

According to france24.com:

State voter records show that Crooks was a registered Republican. The upcoming Nov. 5 election would have been the first time Crooks had been old enough to vote in a presidential race.

Crooks lived about an hour away from where the shooting took place in Butler. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Sunday that it closed the airspace over Bethel Park for “special security reasons.”

When Crooks was 17 he made a $15 donation to ActBlue, a political action committee that raises money for left-leaning and Democratic politicians, according to a 2021 Federal Election Commission filing.

Crooks’ father, Matthew Crooks, 53, told CNN that he was trying to figure out what happened and would wait until he spoke to law enforcement before speaking about his son.

Thomas Crooks graduated in 2022 from Bethel Park High School, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. He received a $500 “star award” from the National Math and Science Initiative, according to the newspaper.

A 2022 graduation ceremony video cited by the New York Times shows Crooks receiving his high school diploma to some applause.

Seconds after the shooting at Mr Trump, the former US President was seen saying “fight! fight! fight!” with his fist pumped in the air.

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