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This 2021 photo provided by Bethel Park School District shows student Thomas Matthew Crooks who graduated from Bethel Park High School with the Class of 2022, in Bethel Park, Pa.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The killer who tried to end Donald Trump’s presidential bid with a bullet once boasted that he possessed a massive member.
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The 16-second video clip was reportedly recorded in February 2020 at the Steel Center Career and Technical Education in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania.
Crooks proclaims: “I’m 6-foot-4. I go to Stanford University. I, uh, have a 10-inch penis.”
His buddy who gave the tape to TMZ claims the video was just a gag and Crooks was only in Grade 10 at the time.
The 20-year-old was unknown until Saturday when he attempted to assassinate Trump during a rally in Butler. He was a registered Republican and neighbours said the family were Trump backers.
A home believed to be connected to the shooter in the assassination attempt of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Bethel Park, Pa.Photo by Gene J. Puskar /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
During the rampage, heroic former firefighter Corey Comperatore, 50, was shot and killed as he tried to protect his family. Two others — 57-year-old David Dutch of New Kensington, Pa., and 74-year-old James Copenhaver of Moon Township, Pa. — were shot and are in stable condition.
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A mixed portrait is emerging of Crooks as FBI agents are trying to determine what his motive was. He had no previous interactions with police.
Crooks was killed by law enforcement at the scene.
The son of middle-class social workers, Crooks did well in school where he was described as quiet and shy but when he came out of his shell, classmates said he was “cool” and “friendly.”
U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024.Photo by REBECCA DROKE /AFP via Getty Images
Some reports suggested Crooks had been bullied in school but that was widely disputed.
According to TMZ, Crooks was incredibly skilled with computers and knew how to take them apart and reassemble them.
Trump is now in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the Republican National Committee nominated him as the GOP’s presidential candidate, with Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, as his running mate on Monday.
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