Thomas Matthew Crooks

Born

Bethel Park, Pennsylvania (2006)

Died

2024

Role

Shooter — Trump assassination attempt, Butler PA, July 13 2024

Affiliation

None documented

Bio Notes

20-year-old from Bethel Park, PA who shot at Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. Trump was grazed in the ear; one attendee (Corey Comperatore) was killed, two others critically wounded. Crooks was shot and killed by Secret Service. He used an AR-15-style rifle and fired from a rooftop near the rally perimeter. IMPORTANT: This event is categorically distinct from the September 10, 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk at UVU — do not conflate the two events in any script material. Open question flagged in research: Alexa has a 'Presley Matthews Crooks' in her own family tree — no confirmed connection to Thomas Matthew Crooks; do not assert a link without independent evidence. Evidence tier: DOCUMENTED.