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Thomas Matthew Crooks (September 20, 2003 – July 13, 2024) was an American man who attempted to assassinate then-former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.
The shooting on July 13 left Trump and two of his supporters wounded, and killed retired firefighter Corey Comperatore, before the Secret Service shot and killed the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Law enforcement secures the area around Trump International Golf Club after an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Less than an hour after the shooting, local police already were second-guessing how Trump was in a position to be shot even after concerns were raised about the suspicious man.
[74] [75] Using a three-dimensional simulation of the shooting, the New York Times reported that "the gunman was largely concealed by two trees and the slope of a warehouse building roof, which he used as his perch." [76] At 6:08 p.m., a local law enforcement officer reported over radio, "Someone's on the roof". [68]
Pictures of evidence found at the fence of former President Donald Trump's golf course are shown at a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15, 2024, following a shooting incident.
Here is everything we know today, July 14, on the shooting at Trump's rally in Pennsylvania. Live blog: Trump says 'God alone' spared him after brazen rally shooting
Trump said he was going to delay his trip by two days because of the attempted assassination “but have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to ...