Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally

NY Post ^ | 7/13/2024 | By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy

[NohSpinZone]

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The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post.

Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh.

Sources said Crooks was was planted on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds.

[NohSpinZone]

I'm sure his socials have already been scrubbed.

[Organic Panic]

Scrubbed? Or fabricated?

[Billthedrill]

Why Crooks fired on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is unclear.

I'll go out on a limb here and suggest it's because he was trying to assassinate him?

[Dalberg-Acton]

Bump

[CJ Wolf]

Both.

Manifesto?

[ansel12]

I’m leaning towards that theory as well.

[Leep]

Wonder if knew getting his brains blown out was part of the deal?

[Leep]

Wonder if the shooter knew getting his brains blown out was part of the deal?

[Texas Fossil]

The necessary information is, who paid for him to do this.

Unless the FIB decides to hide it, it should not be hard to determine with a careful police evaluation.

[research99]

Not all (yet).

Online places his residence within the 2500 block of Milford Drive, Bethel Park PA 15102.

There’s more, but it should await confirmation.

[xp38]

Whoever this guy truly was if he was indeed 20 what a short wasted life. Like the grail knight said.....he chose poorly.

[rhinohunter]

Wonder if the shooter knew getting his brains blown out was part of the deal?

Doubt it. Probably just as dumb as Oswald.

[Sequoyah101]

Still got the shovel.

Notice, no alleged to it, statement of fact in the report.

Let the spin begin. Don't believe your lyin' eyes.

[janetjanet998]

Sources said Crooks was was planted on a roof of a manufacturing plant
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“Sources” LOL

Like it’s top secret and only the Newspapers inside sources know or something

[Leep]

Cause he obviously didn’t think Biden could win even with massive voter fraud?

[Billthedrill]

I just can’t place much faith in the Biden DoJ’s ability to conduct an investigation on the matter, or more precisely to conduct it and then communicate the results honestly.

[norcal joe]

There giving ZERO information about anything at the press conference. Big surprise.

[Major Matt Mason]

Sources being the people that were trying to tell the police there was a guy with a gun on the roof.

[Vendome]

Califoandrnia Joe: “[…] and the shooter knew it, too!!!”

Excellent point, Joe. So… a guy just decides to show up at a rally and take a potshot at PDJT… and he looks around for a spot that wasn’t covered by USSS and… well whadaya know! He’s in luck. A handy barn roof with no-one on it. And his rifle happens to be sighted in for the distance to the stage.

Now, let’s just see if he can get up there with a rifle without being spotted. Well whaddaya know! Another lucky break! Wait… he was spotted and pointed out to security, Well whaddaya know! Three times lucky! Security blew it off.

Oops. His luck ran out. He was shot deader’n a doornail. Tsk, tsk. Too bad. Can’t question him now.

[indthkr]

"Scrubbed? Or fabricated?"

They've had six hours.

Scrubbed for sure.

Believable fabrication takes a lot more work these days unless you do it well in advance.