{"id":303500,"date":"2024-07-17T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/thomas-matthew-crooks-was-mostly-unknown-to-gun-club-but-visited-with-father"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T20:27:22","slug":"thomas-matthew-crooks-was-mostly-unknown-to-gun-club-but-visited-with-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/thomas-matthew-crooks-was-mostly-unknown-to-gun-club-but-visited-with-father","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Matthew Crooks Was Principally Unknown to Gun Membership, However Visited with Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"53.950625\">\n<section id=\"cb-e78649ca6eecf443959058fda486b426\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240717_f734d7437d994eb092a4fa6faff7abcc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6c5daeb4-46e9-4124-b7ed-3602937cd7cd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f7\/4by3\/2024\/07\/17\/f734d7437d994eb092a4fa6faff7abcc_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Thomas Matthew Crooks Clairton Sportsmen's Club\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e78649ca6eecf443959058fda486b426--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ae89f300d3add96b9fc45ac87596fa71\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.5064377682\">\n<p><strong>Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/strong> was a member at a local gun club in Pennsylvania &#8212; and even went a day before firing upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; but he didn&#8217;t leave a lasting impression on very many people who regularly go there &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ae89f300d3add96b9fc45ac87596fa71--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7d2d317c998f08161cc2698c4555476c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.8888888889\">\n<p>We&#8217;ve called around and connected with a handful of current members at the Clairton Sportsmen&#8217;s Club &#8212; not far from Crooks&#8217; home &#8212; and the answer we got from just about all of them was the same &#8230; nobody had ever heard of this guy before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/13\/donald-trump-appear-shot-pennsylvania-rally-president-election\/\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s shooting<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7d2d317c998f08161cc2698c4555476c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ca73bbbbf7b41bb02a31e674e1743967\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240717_6349ae7afb814cbc87db36194da3b9c6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6c5daeb4-46e9-4124-b7ed-3602937cd7cd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/63\/4by3\/2024\/07\/17\/6349ae7afb814cbc87db36194da3b9c6_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Clairton Sportsmen's Club sub\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ca73bbbbf7b41bb02a31e674e1743967--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6411fa2180e2dd1b462967ed7c289ee2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p><strong>Bob Wolanin<\/strong> &#8212; a longtime Clairton member &#8212; tells us the name and face didn&#8217;t stand out to him at all &#8230; and ditto for another member and even a current worker at the club &#8212; who didn&#8217;t want their names out there &#8212; but who relayed a similar sentiment &#8230; namely, Thomas was a ghost as far as they&#8217;re concerned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6411fa2180e2dd1b462967ed7c289ee2--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c281a5f22120177e2b4576198b1febef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>A separate ex-member of Clairton did tell TMZ that some who frequent Clairton &#8212; and who actually recall seeing Thomas there &#8212; say he had been seen dropping in with his dad &#8230; but it&#8217;s unclear how often they went, or if Thomas ever came on his own.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c281a5f22120177e2b4576198b1febef--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f8368d0982db22ffb8b331b14283ece9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0310acfa-f88d-4e7a-9676-6ab0236d4927-1918844997-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0310acfa-f88d-4e7a-9676-6ab0236d4927-1918844997-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/16by9\/2024\/07\/14\/1c417fc79b0d4bd68e38f8f83b1f452e_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">7\/13\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f8368d0982db22ffb8b331b14283ece9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-07049ff9a20d114824f52354eeb72d61\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.3333333333\">\n<p>Reports say Thomas did, in fact, hit up Clairton on Friday &#8212; almost 24 hours before he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/13\/trump-rally-gunman-seen-opening-fire-shooting-gets-killed-new-video-clip\/\"><strong>tried putting a bullet<\/strong><\/a> through Trump&#8217;s head &#8212; and practiced shooting on his father&#8217;s AR-15.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-07049ff9a20d114824f52354eeb72d61--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7382bd765c11cdb55e3386371f373c99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Even if Thomas did go to the range a lot &#8230; his presence wasn&#8217;t felt &#8212; not only did ordinary members not remember much of him &#8230; but the club&#8217;s top brass say they&#8217;re not familiar with him either as a standout range-goer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7382bd765c11cdb55e3386371f373c99--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1e611e026a007972837fb69ff8d58036\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240714_4ac6a3098b6b495c96176c2e5865fe7c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6c5daeb4-46e9-4124-b7ed-3602937cd7cd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4a\/4by3\/2024\/07\/14\/4ac6a3098b6b495c96176c2e5865fe7c_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"thomas matthew crooks yearbook\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1e611e026a007972837fb69ff8d58036--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8c57baf83e5656df8358da8783720c51\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Clairton&#8217;s president <strong>Bill Sellitto <\/strong>tells TMZ, &#8220;We didn&#8217;t know him&#8221; &#8212; and his wife <strong>Debbie<\/strong>, who also does work for Clairton, echoes that &#8230; explaining to us that out of the many members she&#8217;s spoken to since &#8212; she hasn&#8217;t come across one who knew or interacted with TMC.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8c57baf83e5656df8358da8783720c51--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-881eb36b652aa5a767fe402147eb94ee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Debbie says there are over 2,000 members at their club &#8212; and so far, not one has come forward to them to suggest there were warning signs. She says he was likely a loner at their facility &#8230; the way he apparently was in his regular life, based on eyewitness descriptions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-881eb36b652aa5a767fe402147eb94ee--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-30e9efe0d43635c84be43338ca5ba429\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-162dc202-97ac-4706-a82f-8d95bf60b026-1246149435-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-162dc202-97ac-4706-a82f-8d95bf60b026-1246149435-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/87\/16by9\/2024\/07\/13\/87bdc9d8852240fa8003fffebcd0d816_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">7\/13\/24<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-30e9efe0d43635c84be43338ca5ba429--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-54367255592f0f4a69223f4ef3843ebd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.1639344262\">\n<p>Obviously, Crooks was on a mission to kill that day &#8212; in addition to his rifle &#8230; he reportedly brought explosives and other equipment to carry out his task, even though he told his job that he&#8217;d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-shooter-requested-saturday-off-from-work\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>be back Sunday<\/strong><\/a>, after requesting Saturday off.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-54367255592f0f4a69223f4ef3843ebd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-19271a6ff94884785d254d5333a7a9ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>More questions than answers at this point &#8230; including why he may have done this.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-19271a6ff94884785d254d5333a7a9ad--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/17\/thomas-matthew-crooks-unknown-gun-club-clairton-sportsmens-club-trump-shooting\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Matthew Crooks was a member at a local gun club in Pennsylvania &#8212; and even went a day before firing upon Donald Trump &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}