PITTSBURGH – James “Jim” Copenhaver, one of the two victims who were critically wounded during the assassination attempt against former President Trump on Saturday, sustained “life-altering injuries,” his family said in a statement. Copenhaver, 74, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, is still hospitalized but in stable condition as of Tuesday afternoon after he was wounded by...
PITTSBURGH – David “Jake” Dutch, one of the two victims critically wounded by gunshots at the Trump rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, walked down the bleachers with a T-shirt bunched up against his wounds before getting help, friends told Fox News Digital. Dutch, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm in 1991,...
A chilling image has emerged of a cellphone and remote transmitter belonging to Thomas Matthew Crooks that were found near his lifeless body Saturday evening after his assassination attempt on former President Trump. Obtained by Pittsburgh-based WPXI, the gray, 12-button remote and smartphone were recovered from the roof of the Butler, Pennsylvania, building he used...
Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, had just earned a college degree in engineering from an area community college two months ago. “We can confirm that Thomas Matthew Crooks graduated from the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) with an AS degree...
The photojournalist who captured the image of former President Trump’s defiant reaction to an assassination attempt Saturday says he was just doing his job and “history will judge whether it is iconic.” Moments after a bullet grazed Trump’s right ear on Saturday, he raised a fist to the crowd of supporters as he was rushed...
BETHAL PARK, Pa. – A former FBI special agent gave an inside look into what federal investigators are looking for after they decrypted the killer’s cellphone and laptop in hopes of discovering Thomas Crooks’ motive. Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Scott Duffey told Fox News Digital that, since the FBI announced that it successfully unlocked...
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., is calling on U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign from her post, following the failed detail that was in place when a man attempted to assassinate former President Trump. Cheatle acknowledged during an interview with ABC News on Monday that “the Secret Service is responsible for the protection of...
The 20-year-old would-be assassin whofired at former President Trump in Pennsylvania over the weekend was found with a HomeDepot receipt for a ladder, sources told NBC News. Investigators discovered the item on Thomas Matthew Crooks after he was fatally shot by Secret Serviceagents on Saturday. Officials are now trying to determine if Crooks used the...
BETHAL PARK, Pa. – The parents of the 20-year-old who unleashed a barrage of gunfire toward former President Trump are licensed professional counselors through the Pennsylvania social work board. Mary Elizabeth Crooks and Matthew Brian Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, are licensed as professional counselors, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State Licensing System Verification...
The head of the Secret Service has revealed that the shooter who tried to kill former President Trumpwas identified as a “potential person of suspicion,” but by the time units were able to track him down, he had managed to open fire at the rally in Pennsylvania. United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle made...
