Bethal Park, Pennsylvania – The parents of the 20-year-old boy who fired shots at former President Trump are professional counselors licensed by the Pennsylvania Board of Human Services.
Mary Elizabeth Crooks and Matthew Brian Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., are licensed professional counselors, according to the Pennsylvania Licensing System Verification Service.
Police said both of the would-be assassin’s parents, aged 20, had valid driver’s licenses.
Records show that Mary and Matthew’s licenses expire in February 2025, but they have both been practicing professional counselors since 2002.
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Undated photograph of Thomas Matthew Crookes. (Courtesy of AFP)
License information for Thomas Crookes’ parents (Pennsylvania Department of State)
Thomas’ family home is currently under investigation by the FBI following the shooting at a Trump rally on Saturday in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
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Crooks’ motive for the shooting remains unclear.
Records show that Crooks was registered as a Republican voter, but his campaign finance report also showed that he donated $15 to a progressive political action committee on Jan. 20, 2021, the day President Biden was sworn in.
An unidentified man opens the door to the home of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who the FBI has named as a “person of interest” in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, on July 15, 2024. (REUTERS/Aaron Jozefczyk)
Crooks’ bullet grazed President Trump’s right ear and killed firefighter Corey Comperatore.
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Crooks was positioned on “high ground” about 130 yards away.
