The Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate former President Trump on Saturday accessed his roof firing perch by clambering up an air conditioning unit, according to a report. Thomas Crooks, 20, repeatedly discharged an AR rifle– believed to belong to his father – during a Saturday rally in Butler, striking Trump in the ear and...
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – Thomas Matthew Crooks likely scouted the Butler Farm rally site and planned his attack extensively before attacking a Trump rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Saturday in a failed attempt to kill the former president, according to a retired Secret Service agent and security expert. “It’s clear now the gunman did an...
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – Two neighbors of would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks dismissed the attention drawn to his political affiliation, saying the family appeared to never have campaign signs of any stripe in their Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, yard. Amy, who spoke to reporters alongside Holly – a local GOP captain – attested that the...
Former President Trump’s would-be assassin would have been at work on Saturday, but told his boss that he needed the day off because he had “something to do,” according to reports. Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service agents after firing five rounds, grazing Trump’s ear, killing firefighter Corey Comperatore and injuring two...
Thomas Matthew Crooks’ parents contacted law enforcement Saturday hours before he opened fire on former President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaignrally, a source told Fox News. The aspiring assassin’s mother and father told local police that Crooks was missing and that they were concerned about his welfare, the source said. It remained unclear if they...
The sister of the man who opened fire on former President Trump on Saturday is a “hardworking” woman with two jobs, according to a report. A neighbor of Katie Crooks said she moved out of her family home three years ago into an apartment – and that her now notorious brother helped her transfer her...
Although investigators have not yet determined his motive, a picture of the 20-year-old man who attempted to assassinate former President Trump is becoming more clear as his former classmates come forward with their impressions. Few people clapped when slender, bespectacled Thomas Matthew Crooks was handed his diploma at his graduation from Bethel Park High School...
A GoFundMe initiative has raised over $1 million for the family of Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who died shielding his family from bullets meant for former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Jason Bubb, who owns the Three Fit Six gym in Cabot, organized the fundraiser for Comperatore’s daughter Allyson, who...
Whatever happened to efforts by congressional Democrats to try to get President Biden to stand down in his re-election bid? Well, they’re still alive. And now that some time has passed after the attempted assassination of former President Trump, expect efforts to persuade Mr. Biden to drop out of the race to resume. That’s because...
A startling image of former President Donald J. Trump surviving an assassination attempt on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, has become an instant cultural sensation. Moments after a bullet struck his ear and missed a fatal headshot by mere millimeters, the former president and now 2024 GOP presidential nominee rose to his feet with blood streaked...
