Thomas Matthew Crooks threatened to 'shoot up' high school classmates years before Trump assassination attempt

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Thomas Matthew Crooks threatened to 'shoot up' high school classmates years before Trump assassination attempt
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Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was loner ‘relentlessly’ bullied in high school: classmate

Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks threatened to “shoot up” his high school five years before he put the ex-president in his crosshairs — a detail criminologists sayThe future killer’s warning was enough to keep dozens of Bethel Park High School students home for the day, but the incident was dismissed by school officials at the time, his former classmates recalled.

Firefighter Corey Comperatore wasn’t supposed to have front-row seats at Trump rally, pal reveals at hero’s wakeSecret Service had ‘little resources’ to cover Trump rally after NATO summit: whistleblowers Crooks squeezed off up to seven gunshots from the roof of a building in an apparent attempt to assassinate Trump. He insteadCrooks was just 15 years old when he allegedly made the threats in 2019 — the same year his image was noticeably absent from the high school’s yearbook.The endless teasing and isolation may have played a part in his decision to open fire at the Pennsylvania rally, according to one criminologist.

“This is what is important, that he tried out for the rifle team, and not only did he not make it, but he was also told to not come back. That must have been very devastating to him.”

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