Thomas Matthew Crooks

Extracted Attributes

• Gender

  Male

• Motive

  Under investigation; Unknown

• Education

  Bethel Park High School (graduated 2022 with high honors), Community College of Allegheny County (Associate degree in engineering science)

• Known For

  Attempted assassination of Donald Trump

• SAT Score

  1530 out of 1600

• Occupation

  Dietary aide at Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

• Nationality

  American

• Personality

  Quiet, relatively intelligent, typical average kid

• Age at Death

  20 years

• Date of Birth

  2003-09-20

• Date of Death

  2024-07-13

• Cause of Death

  Killed by United States Secret Service

• Place of Birth

  Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, United States

• Place of Death

  Butler Township, Pennsylvania, United States

• Political Activity

  Made a small political donation, registered to vote

• Parents' Occupation

  Licensed professional counselors

• Advanced Placement Exams

  Perfect grades on three exams

Timeline

• Born. (Source: Wikidata, Wikipedia)

  2003-09-20

• Joined the National Technical Honor Society while a junior in high school. (Source: Web Search)

  2021

• Took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). (Source: Web Search)

  2021-03-13

• Took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) again. (Source: Web Search)

  2022-03-12

• Graduated from Bethel Park High School with high honors and won a $500 'star award' from the National Math and Science Initiative. (Source: Web Search)

  2022

• University of Pittsburgh transcript with academic program history dated. (Source: Web Search)

  2022-07-03

• College Board Advanced Placement (AP) test score report dated. (Source: Web Search)

  2022-07-05

• Earned an associate degree in engineering science from the Community College of Allegheny County. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-05

• Attempted to assassinate Donald Trump during a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, firing an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop. The attack wounded Trump's ear, killed one attendee, and critically injured two others. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Related Documents)

  2024-07-13

• Killed by a Secret Service counter sniper team following the assassination attempt. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2024-07-13

• The FBI states Thomas Matthew Crooks is believed to have acted alone in the assassination attempt. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-07-14

• America First Legal (AFL) filed a Pennsylvania Right to Know Law (RTKL) request with the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) for Crooks's student files. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-07-17

• CCAC denied AFL's RTKL request, citing an ongoing criminal investigation. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-08-18

• AFL appealed CCAC's denial to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-09-10

• The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records issued a final determination requiring CCAC to release Crooks's academic records. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-11-19

• America First Legal (AFL) released the academic records of Thomas Matthew Crooks. (Source: Web Search)

  2024-12-13

Thomas Matthew Crooks

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. On July 13, 2024, at a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, Crooks shot at Trump with an AR-15–style rifle from a nearby rooftop while Trump was giving a speech. Crooks wounded Trump's ear and killed one attendee while critically injuring two others before being killed by a Secret Service counter sniper team. His motive remains unknown; the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case.

Web Search Results

• Thomas Matthew Crooks - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

  United States Federal Election Commission receipts showing the donation from Crooks to ActBlue Thomas Matthew Crooks (September 20, 2003 – July 13, 2024) was an American man who killed one person and critically injured others while attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, the president of the United States and at that time the presumptive Republican Party "Republican Party (United States)") nominee for the 2024 presidential election.( Life [change | change source] [...] | Born | (2003-09-20)September 20, 2003 | | Status | Dead | | Died | July 13, 2024(2024-07-13) (aged 20) Butler Township, Pennsylvania"), U.S. | | Cause of death | Killed by United States Secret Service | | Nationality | American | | Education | Community College of Allegheny County") (AS) | | Known for | Attempted assassination of Donald Trump | | | | Motive | Under investigation | | Details | | Date | July 13, 2024 | | Location(s) | Near Butler in Meridian, Pennsylvania | [...] Thomas Matthew Crooks was born on September 20, 2003,( and was raised in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.( Solid information about how his personality was are very different.( Crooks earned an associate degree in engineering science from the Community College of Allegheny County two months before the shooting. Crooks had been accepted into both the University of Pittsburgh and Robert Morris University").(

• Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Trump shooter? - NPR

  Less than a week out from the shocking assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, authorities are still working to unravel who the gunmanwas and what may have driven him to act. The FBI say Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who shot at Trump at a Butler, Pa., political rally on Saturday, is believed to have acted alone. There is yet to be an established motive for Crooks’ actions, officials told media over the weekend. [...] "From background I've gotten from people that I know that have gone to school with him, he was your typical average kid — more on the quiet side, relatively intelligent," Allegheny County Councilor Dan Grzybek told WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR news station. Gryzbek represents the district that includes Bethel Park. Thomas Matthew Crooks in an undated picture from his time at Bethel Park High School. He graduated in 2022. Bethel Park High School hide caption toggle caption [...] Police continue to block roads around the home of Thomas Matthew Crooks in Bethel Park, Pa., on Sunday, as the FBI continues its investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

• Thomas Matthew Crooks - Wikipedia

  Thomas Matthew Crooks was born on September 20, 2003, and he grew up in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh. Both of Crooks' parents worked as licensed professional counselors, but appear to have left the profession after 2024. Recollections about him, including information about his life and personality, vary considerably. [...] | 45th (2017–2021) and 47th (2025–present) President of the United States | [...] He attended Bethel Park High School. He joined the National Technical Honor Society in 2021 while a junior in high school. In 2022, he graduated with high honors and won a $500 "star award" from the National Math and Science Initiative. Crooks earned a score of 1530 out of 1600 on the SAT, as well as perfect grades on three Advanced Placement exams.

• America First Legal Releases Academic Records of Thomas Crooks ...

  Skip to main content Back to Press Releases # America First Legal Releases Academic Records of Thomas Crooks, Shooter in the First Assassination Attempt Against President Trump Additional Key Issues Download Press Release Washington, D.C. — December 13, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released the academic records of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the first assassination attempt of President Trump on July 13, 2024, at a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. [...] On July 17, 2024, AFL and counsel Wally Zimolong filed a Pennsylvania Right to Know Law (RTKL) request with CCAC for Thomas Matthew Crooks’s student files. On August 18, 2024, CCAC denied AFL’s request on the basis that the records were related to an ongoing criminal investigation. On September 10, 2024, AFL appealed CCAC’s denial to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. On November 19, 2024, the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records issued a final determination that CCAC is required to [...] 1. Thomas Matthew Crooks’ official Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, dated March 13, 2021 and March 12, 2022. 2. Thomas Matthew Crooks’ official high school transcript from Bethel Park High School, dated June 20, 2022. 3. Thomas Matthew Crooks’ official Advanced Placement (AP) test score report from the College Board, dated July 5, 2022. 4. Thomas Matthew Crooks’ official University of Pittsburgh transcript with academic program history, dated July 3, 2022.

• What we know about the Trump rally gunman so far | CNN

  Bethel Park, Pennsylvania CNN — This November, Thomas Matthew Crooks was set to reach a political milestone: The first presidential election he was old enough to vote in. A 20-year-old living in a crucial swing state, Crooks had already shown potential signs of interest in politics, making a small political donation as a teenager and registering to vote just a week after he turned 18. [...] Crooks worked as a dietary aide at Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home less than a mile from his family’s home, according to Marcie Grimm, the center’s administrator. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of his involvement as Thomas Matthew Crooks performed his job without concern and his background check was clean,” Grimm said in a statement.

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Bethel Park High School

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  9/20/2003

• Date Of Death

  7/13/2024

• Place Of Death

  Butler County