Gunman at Trump rally tentatively identified, FBI says
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Law enforcement officials held a press conference after deadly gunfire erupted at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Before watching, he's not identified. Mistitled video.
Thomas Matthew Crooks. White. Male. Trumpie.
@@ginmar8134bidan sent the assassin. Biddan and all his supporters will be held to account for this terror attack.
Ty
@@ginmar8134I saw the name and saw that he was a 20YO white man, but where’d you get his political info?
It says ‘tentatively” identified, not totally identified.
How come civilians seen the shooter 5 minutes before the United States Secret Service??
but they was able to stop him after almost all done, weird huh
@@BS-malcom 10 seconds after last shot fired you can hear the return fire one tap
Dey busy gitin paid off while smokin doobies behind dumpster...
Idk maybe because they have eyes
Secret service uses the postal service to receive information
A complete failure of the Secret Service.
No one would know anything until the sound, "bang," my friend. You will be clueless too. Maybe you can teach everyone, since you quickly telling everyone that they "failed."😂
@@heut4384what a scumbag that guy is. do they ever shut up
boeingdriver29, you have a very low IQ
@heut4384 the Shooter Was On A Roof !! Attendees Saw Him Beforehand Dude S T F U.
Its complacency
Is this the same FBI that had 51 agents verify the laptop?
People told you guys there was someone on the roof with a rifle. Pointed to where the building was. You did nothing.
Facts
How did they see him from the ground
nope youre spreading misinformation which is why stuff like this escalates. They did however inform secret service members and police according to them. NOT the FBI, this is important
@@soapvar Did you not watch the interview with the guy who saw it on the news?
@@Cuffsmasterthe were in the stands
How convenient, witnesses telling police and Secret Service that a man with a rifle was on the roof, before he started firing and now all intel is dead with the shooter! Disgusted!!
False flag
Everything isn’t a conspiracy.
@@barl6412 Prove it.
@@barl6412cool story bro
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Are Uvalde police now consulting the Secret Service on how not to do their jobs?
Twat,
Whats up with the guy that saw the whole thing 5 minutes before the shooting?! He was on camera saying that he didn't understand way the secret service didn't have people on the roof as he watched the guy climb up there .
Victims family 🙏🏻❤️
I don't feel sorry for the morons that go to trumps rallies
If only there were ppl there telling the cops and security a man was on the roof with a gun 5 mins before the shooting.
That video is gonna get taken down for sure I made sure to save it though
Sad how there were actually people there who did exactly that.
There were people that witnessed everything and reported the suspect’s activity before hand! th-cam.com/video/cG0qPDCWE9w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Xmj6By73N13T4A3O
@@johnd.5601 That's what he was saying.
There were!
Very strange that they say the shooter had no ID on him and yet they say he is a twenty yr. old male from PA. How do you know he is 20 years old ?
think the police know how to finger print someone to know there idenity
Thats facts. How tf do they know? Lmao😮
His mom told them.
DNA
He is Thomas Matthew Crooks 20 years old possibly Antifa extremest
Secret Service, local police, Pennsylvania State Police and FBI in Pennsylvania failed miserably to stop this attack. These agencies are investigating; are they willing to admit their failures? How could this rooftop not be secured?? Several reports have surfaced that citizens tried to inform law enforcement of this shooter on the rooftop several minutes before the shooting occurred. If this is true, then someone needs to be fired and investigated.
This conference was worthless, I watched it live. It's too soon after the fact, and there isn't enough information yet for a useful conference
Remember the witness who saw the guy crawling on the roof? That guy warned the police that he was there and had a gun. The cops did nothing. Then three min later people got shot at. Remember that?
😮
Source dude, you just made it up!?
No. Were you there?
Yes. I remember.
@@edgegymnastics8409 keep in mind you're talking about a State what's prisons have pretty much an open door policy these days.
Secret Service secretly failed.
They found his manifesto was LGBT trans
How come the Australian news outlet got the information of the shooter and reported it immediately meanwhile the media here in the US sucks.
Because our media is owned by Blackrock and vanguard...
Because the Australian news outlet was a tabloid paper that most people don't take seriously.
I live in Pittsburgh and I knew the guys name by 10pm last night
@@lenchenes Australian news has nothing to lose by reporting the “real news.” US mainstream media like MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NY Times, etc are all liberal and Democrat-controlled which is why they attempted to downplay this murder attempt on President Trump. Shameful by the mainstream media, but what else do you expect from these liberal journalists?
There is a difference between reporting unverified information and journalists reporting verified information.
I cannot believe these absolute idiots in the background standing up in the stands, holding their cameras and phones in the air like bullets didn't just whiz right by their heads towards the former president. Literally crazy to think this is how desensitized we are to gunfire in this country that instead of ducking and taking cover, or looking for an exit or a way out, or better yet try to protect some kids who were there you stand and whip your phone out to get a video for social media.
Did you see the veitnam veteran being held by his wife right behind trump the the right. Broke my heart. 😢
They are Magats, after all.
@@rellikskuppin7417 I did not see that, I will have to watch again.
History has always been documented this way....eye witnesses.
The more film and the more pictures the better the investigation would be that is if we can trust the FBI and the Secret Service, which is doubtful at this point
Bullshit title. No identification. 👎
Thomas Matthew Crooks ID in New York Post.
New York Post
Thomas Matthew Crooks
A Republican. Coming from a family of Republicans.
From rainbow communities
@@Vongreimbf109You need to respect the seriousness of the situation and grow up.
Called him Hitler, called him many other things. Anybody that's been demonizing Trump had a hand in this.
You're right. Hitler isn't an appropriate name to call him... Hitler was elected without influence from a non-allied, foreign nation.
@@haydenschalow4951 nailed it!
@@haydenschalow4951ignorance with people like you is why we have problems in this country
Ignorance of what exactly, or do you not know? Also, I assume you mean ignorance in* people like me.
FBI and Secret Service need to be investigated.
Fed's investigated??? Ha!!
Absolutamente
By who?
@@Cbart23
The military can investigate any federal agency but only if the President orders it which he wont
Aerial footage shows that rooftop was the highest point in close proximity to President Trump. And it wasn"t manned by Secret Service? Smells FISHY 🐟🐠🐡🍥🐠
He’s not the president.
“ it was outside of the secured perimeter “
yeah right before the rally trump said all hell will break loose in a hour. How did he know? Is that being investigated?
@@changestartsnow5116ur an idiot. So let me get this straight. He planned to get shot in the ear. U are a special one aren’t you.
Always got to write your own reality, haven't you? Wait for the evidence before you make your mind up. Be an adult.
Don’t trust any of these people.
Exactly!! They couldn’t say Trumps name no concern no prayers nothing. They’re sketchy and I feel a bunch of liars.
@@missgrim4646you ‘feel’ like they are lying…. Feeling don’t matter here 🙃… What do you KNOW?
ENOUGH @@Ben942K
@@missgrim4646prayers?? Lmfao!!
That is a joke.😂
@yankeesuperstar soooooo who do you trust??😂
I feel sorry for the person who died may they rest in peace
Good for you concentrating on something that isn't about scoring political points.
You guys had one group of single story aluminum sheds to secure and you failed.
He is dead, right? Not hard to identify him
There pictures of the dead shooter on twitter with his face
Thomas Matthew Crooks... youre welcome
It’s pictures of the shooter with his brains hanging out all over fb
@malus1426 except for that thumb print when buying a firearm.......🤷
@malus1426 if he had no criminal record or way to identify him, then it could be assured that it was either the act of a foreign nation which can be considered a declaration of war against the U.S. and all of our alarms should be raised... or it is another JFK conspiracy sort of thing
Is anyone going to mention the large ladder leaning up to the roof on the AGR building? Behind the 2 small trees at the front of the building to the carpark. Original footage shows it, this has been edited to miss it. Gunman carries a gun and ladder into an area with a clear line of sight 150 yards from the rally stage without the SS knowing? Yeah right
No drone no Ss on rooftops and failure to act upon reported sighting Also look close at the tall guy to the left with the shades on next to trump .. odd behavior
yea they aren't gonna mention this
@@evaadams8298normal people don’t vote blue the weirdos do
@@evaadams8298Or else we'll get the same?
If you have the unedited version Please repost it
"What we're calling an assassination attempt" what do you mean, it literally was an assassination attempt, by definition.
Orwellian.
They don't want to call it because they believe it would help Trump's poll numbers. CNN and MSNBC, they didn't even mention it. It is so sad.
Yes but the FBI has to make it "official" before the media can call it that
@@manwithnewnamecorporate elite at it again! They need to stop!
@@manwithnewnameand if the deepstate is behind it then they want to make sure their story is straight before releasing info
Investigate the agents, check bank records , emails and phone records
This shouldn’t have happened. People care about each other. This isn’t a democrat or republican matter. It’s a matter of security. Stop pointing fingers.
Finally, a comment with common sense. Thank you, Shaggymcdanoel3216.

bullcrap ... .for 8 year hatred and TDS filled "news items" and lies fill the mainstream media ..... with their easily lowinfo indoctrinated viewers taking action now. THIS is what the mainstream media has caused with all those years of lies (yes ... to many to count at this point)
So calling MAGA voters a threat, calling Trump a fascist a Nazi , and literally Hitler is not inciting violence.
@@ronrobins3513Don't be ridiculous. Trump constantly invokes violence and degrading rhetoric, for years now. Calling out his BS is the patriotic and responsible thing to do. And, yes, he has been talking just like Hitler, calling for jailing of his opponents, judges and journalists, and calling immigrants 'vermin.' He's a sick man.
@@ronrobins3513 I’m sorry but that statement doesn’t pertain to what I said. Completely out of context.
Condolences to the family of the person who lost their life 🩷
I hope you don't mean the shooter
You mean the FBI funded it? As is often the cause
@@kathypichey4306there was a bystander killed in addition to the shooter.
@@kathypichey4306why would you automatically think that? Says more about you then the op 🤷🤦♂️
Shooter is a victim too. Who would want to commit such a high profile shooting , knowing there is no way out.@kathypichey4306
People did see something. The shooter. They even tried to notify law enforcement.
“Tried” means they did not inform law enforcement, which they did. Various different people informed several different cops. ALL of them failed to do anything with that info in the 3-5 mins they had it. Hard to think that there could be so many different cops and secret service that could honestly be that bad at their jobs all in the same place at the same time..
How is none of the high rooftops in the area not covered during any speech by any nominee? Looks like an obvious shooter point that should have coverage on
Amazing how quick they praise the Law enforcement how about the victim in the crowd
Always. Happened in Uvalde at first too.
Well, after a shooting isn't the standard answer "thoughts & prayers "
Facts. They failed.
that guy knew what he signed up for
How about doing a better job at preventing this. Who missed their roof assignment where the gunman was at?
The conspiracy train is arriving at the America station and is picking up a lot of passengers.
It’s sad
"The laptop is Russian disinfo"
Totally agree with you... we call them #blueanon 💯
@@Nothingmoresj No, what's sad is all the celebrities and liberal tik tok whackjobs that have called for this to happen. I hope they all get a visit.
@MrPhotodoc Guilty as charged. I admit it, I simply cannot help myself.😉
@BurninDownThaHouse the laptop was real the videos are real the I gotcha information on isn't real. If it was it would of been Comers prize in impeachment, but as we all know it wasn't. Copies of the dri e were all busted up. D.I.P. look it up its hiding fake stuff in real information. So it's easier to spread .and get fools to belive it.
THE ONE WHO CONTROLS THE SECURITY SHOULD BE FIRED OR HELD RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE WITNESS SAW AND REPORTED IT BUT NOT DID NOT ACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE..IT VERY RIDICULOUS
Stop waffling on get to the point
how were the rooftops not secured
They are sending everything to investigate? Or to cover it up.
As a Indian I'm concerned that democracy in America is under threat 👀
😂 as an American, apparently you don't have a clue what is going on.
@@tw4943It is under threat, from Trump and his clueless followers. He still lies about the election, yet never presented any credible evidence in court, and his attorneys are disbarred for lying. He disavowed his oath. He wants to lock up his opponents and journalists. That's seriously un-American. We can do so much better.
It is under threat. From the President, DOJ, FBI homeland security and now the secret service
You, as an American, have no idea what is going on.
100% Inside Job !!!!
From inside the Trump team?
Many people are saying false flag
WHATS your proof ?
@@jeremiahcepFrom the secret service
Those faces on 90% of the crowd and nobody running amd everyone watching , some ladies smiling, nobody looked very scared minus bending down or facing away. Who the F doesn't run.... pick any event. You run. Not stand up and watch the stage.
Don't have a motive, are you serious?
Some people are just crazy.
I am from philippines...i dont understand why the united states is in chaos now..people there seemed hate their government...you are a rich nation please be one in your rich big land blessed by God eversince...praying for a peace in your land.
I don’t understand how this happened with all those good guys with guns there.
EXACTLY?!??????!🤬🤦♀️
I'm not sure everyone got the irony of your statement.
@@lorie4913 I take no responsibility for that
@@boomerbyll3004 And you don't need to.
@boomerbyll3004 - Superb irony.
Why didn't they keep an eye on all surrounding rooftops?
There was a witness who was warning them and was ignored. They didn't want to stop him.
What’s this witnesses name?
@@glennmaillard5972 Channel - Evelyn Rothschild - Guy outside the rally saw the shooter.
@@glennmaillard5972 The BBC has it.
Hydra hates Russia and Russia friends .
let me guess. "no criminal record and he owned the AR15 legally"
shooter appears to only have been 130 yards from his target. using .223. how in the world were they not watching those roof tops?
The police should of listened to the people telling them there is a guy with a rifle climbing on roofs!!!!! Unreal
Security failure
They knew the shooter was up there and did nothing.
@CryptoMiningTechnologies 😂 They could have thought the shooter was a secret service sniper, the police are arrogant and think they know everything. Haven't you noticed ?
Wake up, they think we’re stupid but they use the passed down playbook that’s so old. We don’t buy the oops crap anymore. They think they’re going to have cover from their media arm like they always have but I don’t think they’ll pull it off.
@@auntjenifer7774 Yes. I have noticed most police are arrogant and that they think they are above the law.
@@auntjenifer7774nope, the secret service would know exactly where their snipers were, especially if the high ground was that far away. They'd make damned sure that any agent wouldn't be a threat to civilians.
Don’t trust any of you!
Why do i not believe we're going to get the truth?
🤖🤖🤖
theres videos of secret service looking straight at the guy for atleast 2 minutes before shots were fired
here we go with the conspiracies....
Really?
@@jaimemunoz8513it's on video soy 🤡
If you turned off MSNPC you might know that like the rest of us...
@@jaimemunoz8513you are demonrat commie scum.
@@jaimemunoz8513
Biden not having dementia is a conspiracy
If they put a picture of the shooter on the Internet, the Internet would’ve been to identify the guy, his motives, what he his last meal was, who was his girlfriend in the 8th grade, if it was a rainy or sunny day on his 8th birthday etc.. the FBI will take forever while they try to put together a politically correct edited version.
Let me guess... he was on FBIs radars? xD give me a break.. also why there was no response from agents since they had guy reported and climbing the roof?
The building the gun man stood wasn't far from the rally and within a shooting distance. How couldn't the secret agents secure that area?
There were snipers right next to the stage. There’s no way they didn’t see the shooter before. This was either staged, or his own people tried to delete him.
The Dems tried to take him out
Considering the fact the shooter is dead, not sure there will be a case made for homicide.
How come the FBI agents failed to identify a guy on a roof with a rifle nearby the trump rally?? 🤷🏽♂️🤔🤨
I doubt Trump is very cooperative with his security detail
Secret Service is responsible for his safety.
Secret service, police not fbi
What bothers me is an uncovered roof. You the secret service and someone gets an access to a roof. That makes no sense. Even an inexperienced person knows that is not logical. What are they the keystone cops? I mean that should be security 101.
All this mobilization was a bit late, isn't it?
No. Everything must be fully investigated. Whether or not it is bungled is another story.
FBI AGENT - we have bomb techs , field agents ,evidence specialists, intel analysts and so on !
Witnesses - There’s a person on roof with a gun .
Secret service - Where 🤷🏻♂️🙄
Where where the drones? Why did the police or secret service NOT listen to people who saw a man climbing up to the roof with a rifle?
That's crazy, dude. What a world we live in.
They said they were not sure what the motive was lol I’ll give you a list
This looks like a more organised attempt on the president than you would first assume given their delays in taking action after they were told there was a shooter on the roof.
Agree. Next we'll find out he was on the big pharma happy pills and "on the FBI radar" for a few years
G-Man. Several People prior to the shooting were informing Law Enforcement that they saw a suspicious character on the roof and no action to protect Trump or anyone else had been taken. At Least that's what I heard directly from people who gave interviews
His name was Thomas Matthew Crooks, he's from Bethel Park, PA, and he's a Republican.
The public showed them the guy on the roof and they still fucked it up 🤌🏽🧐the most obvious building was not secure 🥴
I failed to understand this. The shooter was deceased on site. All they need is to identify the shooter based on the corpse. There are facial, finger prints, DNA… shouldn’t be hard. Why do they need public help on this?
I’m sorry, but how am I supposed to trust the FBI to investigate this?
Missed! 😢
Let us rise above this and show the world who we really are. Do NOT allow this to divide us! Stay strong America.
🙌
We are as divided as ever you idiot!
America is the most divided nation on planet Earth. All cleverly orchestrated to keep the people fighting among themselves whilst the criminals in the deep state carry on destroying the country.
A bit late.
You've got 2 SS Snipers (on different points of angle)looking in the shooters direction. And the shooter running around with a rifle scaling buildings, that even drunk spectators notice and identify. What more do we need to know? Oswald & Ruby all over it.
pittsburgh police force has been understaffed for the last 2 years due to 2020 summer riots just so you know
It is shamefull to US security force & fbi
I wonder if the guy who saw the shooter and reported it, will be silenced.
Too late his video is out there
Just like the boeing whistleblowers
No. You watch too many movies.
@@atomicfusionvideo....and he was never seen again.
"People told officers before the shooting. They did nothing." that means some people knew what was going to happen and they waiting to see the end results. Miserable failure such as what happened on 9/11/2001. You can how we as a nation failing.
TrumpFs ear was not visible to the shooter,
No, this is absolutely nothing like 9/11. What's with y'all and equating things to tragedies? Have to wear a mask; Exactly like Nazi Germany. Attempted assassination on cult leader; Exactly like 9/11. Ridiculous.
Your receipts?
Go back to eating sand, dude. Bad bot.
EVERYBODY, LOOK OVER HERE.
Sad part is, i have ZERO confidence in the investigation now that the FBI is involved
When you think you’re safe Think again This world is crazy.
We haven't been safe since Obama took office.
@@Cabledeluz1977 and you, 100% are an absolute wimp
@@robertthomas5906yeah Obama definitely allowed easier gun laws to pass smh grow up lol 😅
@@robertthomas5906 Yep, I remember the 9/11 attack when Obama was pres. NOT
Shootings are common in America and usually it's citizens that don't have the luxury of having body gaurds or counter snipers. It doesn't have to be a political rival. School shootings happen to children, and to those attending church, work, etc...
Gosh, I wish you weren't so correct.
when you're running for president of the united states or are president you GET THAT Luxury
Isn't the standard response after a shooting "thoughts and prayers ".
@Nasdaqbaby in America school children don't have that luxury and they literally pay with their lives.
It could be even worst if citizens didn't have guns. Only criminals and crazies
literally nothing was said by any of these LEO/FBI...it's a masterclass in the ability to speak without saying anything...
And the world starts to fall part as we are divided as a people. Sad
Oh it's just starting to? Just now?
The world is not the USA
Thats right y'all get your lying stories in sync so you can go before the public with your lies
Motive ??? It's Donald trump. (Obvs)
Biden said to put a bullseye on Trump, Biden need arrested
The FBI is there investigating that is one big problem.
It's ashamed they want to sound like they're concerned but neither person wished Trump or hus family well. Why? Makes you wonder.
From what you just shown me, someone needs to be held accountable for not having that strategic location manned, high ground, distance for high power rifles not a problem, someone needs to answer. I still remember how to setup secure perimeter and that area would definetly be an area of interest
Why would anybody call the FBI when you can't even trust the FBI
Delusional
Perhaps because you are in a cult and you are not allowed to think
As soon as you mentioned you were with the fbi,,you lost all credibility!!!
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Secret Service, FBI and State Police Failure.....Resignations NOW!
Open field for a venue??? Trump campaign failure also.
Open field for a venue??? Trump campaign failure also.
Your a bit slow, people were telling the cops and secret service there is a guy on the roof and nobody did anything till shots were fired. There was a 5 minute window from the first public person alerting the police and a second @ 3 and a galf minutes. This tells me the authorities knew.
There was a four hour gap between Trump learning about a security breach at the Capitol on Jan 6 and him doing *anything* about it.
Maybe it was you, FBI
Where's the Hospital Press Conference? Where's the doctor who attended to Trump & the wounded?
Look at the video again. Please explain why is the shooters rifle not next to him but about 5 feet away from his dead body. If it was one shot one kill, the rifle would have been next to him. Weird.
Who said that? Biden?
You play too much call of duty, dude.
@@xxkillbotxx7553 Call of Booty is way more fun.
@@andreak4280 my mom said anything. She died. So who said?
Why the Secret service didn't have a ballistic shield on hand to protect him after he was shot?
Ballistic shields are useless against rifle rounds at least the folding concealable shields.
@AppalachianMountaineer1863 He was too exposed for me. After the initial Attempt. They need to find a better way after this.
He did have a ballistic shield, it was the pile of SS agents on him trying to escort him away while he held them up to do poses for his campaign pics.
Because SS agents need to have both of their hands free, their bodies are the shields they use to protect their protectees..
Also a level 3 Ballistic shield (rated to stop rifle rounds) weighs about 17lbs, and you can't move effectively with speed lugging a large shield that is also obstructing line of sight to any threat(s)..
@@coryingman "poses for his campaign pics."
Man has his eye on the prize don't he?
This is not a clear picture here!!!! Get the facts first
Misleading title.
" Identified". Shame on you ABC.
I'll never click on another ABC Video ever again..
@@user-dz4wl7ew4k lol
Always Broadcasting Crap network...shouldn't surprise anyone its all bs here @@user-dz4wl7ew4k
The title reads 'tentatively,' just like the officer said in the news conference.
was there any drones scanning roof tops at all times specially areas of potential sniper sites?