Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Crooks flew drone over Pa. rally site hours before deadly shooting: report
A 20-year-old man who reportedly planned to assassinate Donald Trump is suspected of using a drone to spy on the Pennsylvania State Fairgrounds ahead of the Republican presidential candidate’s speech last weekend as part of a plot. According to law enforcement officials briefed on the incident, the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, programmed the drone to […]
Firefighter Killed by Trump Would-Be Assassin, Laid to Rest
Corey Comperatore, a husband, father and firefighter killed by an assassin attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania last Saturday, was buried on Friday. Photos and video showed Comperatore’s casket being carried out of Cabot United Methodist Church, draped in an American flag. by New York PostEight firefighters carried out the coffin of […]
How a would-be assassin’s bullet may have changed Trump, if not the race
MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Convention was supposed to mark the transformation of Donald Trump from presumptive GOP nominee to official standard-bearer of the party. But it turned out the real transformation took place 48 hours before the convention began, in a field in rural Pennsylvania, when Trump narrowly escaped an assassin’s attempt to blow […]
Would-Be Assassin Told Father He Was Taking Rifle to the Range
The 20-year-old would-be assassin who opened fire on former President Donald Trump on Saturday used a rifle he borrowed from his father under the pretense of going to a shooting range. On Monday, Breitbart News noted that the rifle used in the assassination attempt had been “legally purchased” by the shooter’s father. ABC7 No. 7 […]
Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Crooks wrote chilling online post foreshadowing rally shooting: report
Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump, posted terrifying messages online that hinted at his sinister plans the day he went on a shooting spree at a rally for the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania over the weekend. “July 13th is my premiere date, watch as it unfolds,” the 20-year-old […]
Former Secret Service agent says Trump would-be assassin Thomas Crooks scouted rally spot in advance
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – A former Secret Service agent and security expert said Thomas Matthew Crooks likely scouted the Butler Farms rally and meticulously planned the attack before his failed attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at the rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania on Saturday. “It’s clear that the perpetrator was working on a […]
Police sniper reportedly shot Trump’s would-be assassin from 448 yards away
Special operations experts told The Blaze News that one of the shots that helped kill would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was fired by a police sniper from about 450 yards away. Evidence of the 448-yard shot was provided to the U.S. Secret Service shortly after Crooks was killed, according to two elite experts who have […]
Officer Who Encountered Would-Be Assassin ‘Did Not Retreat’, Not to Blame
A local police officer who encountered a would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump “did not back down,” but instead tried to grab his gun, falling backward and being injured in the process. Butler County Commissioner Edward Natali said the officer is now in a “pretty bad” mental state and explained that the media is […]
Trump would-be assassin climbed air conditioning unit to access shooting perch: report
The Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate former President Trump on Saturday climbed into an air conditioning unit to gain access to a rooftop shooting range, according to reports. Suspect Thomas Crooks, 20, repeatedly fired an AR rifle believed to belong to his father during a rally in Butler on Saturday, striking Trump in the […]
Last photo of would-be Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was taken by Secret Service
The last photograph of attempted assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks shows the 20-year-old gunman crawling on the ground, searching for a place to shoot former President Donald Trump just an hour before the assassination attempt. The image was taken by a Secret Service agent at about 5:30pm on Saturday and reported as a suspicious sighting to […]