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Thomas Matthew Crooks was born on September 20, 2003, [2] and grew up in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh. [4] Both of Crooks's parents are licensed professional counselors. [5] Recollections about him, including information about his life and personality, vary considerably. [6] He attended Bethel Park High School. [7]
The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday's attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally.
The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally.
Bethel Park is a predominantly white, relatively well-to-do city in the southern reaches of greater Pittsburgh. The site of the rally, Butler, is about an hour’s drive north of Pittsburgh.
[22] [264] [265] Reuters said that "many of [Trump's] supporters began laying blame on Democrats, seeking to flip the script on who has stoked America's heated political rhetoric as cases of political violence reach historic heights", [266] [267] including Texas representative Keith Self, who argued that his language had incited violence.
Bethel Park (officially the Municipality of Bethel Park [3]) is a borough with home rule status [4] in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a suburb within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Pittsburgh. The population was 33,577 as of the 2020 census.
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Jim Knapp, who retired from Bethel Park in 2022, said the school took a “proactive approach” towards bullying and mental health. Crooks opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania , in an ...