Trump Shooter Wasn’t a Member of Rifle Team and Wasn’t Bullied, School Says

The man who shot at former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally earlier in July was never a member of a local high school’s rifle team and wasn’t bullied, despite previous reports, according to the Bethel Park School District. In an updated statement published on its website Saturday, the school district issued a comment titled, “correcting the record,” which disputed several claims about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman identified by the FBI, in news reports over the past week. Previously, the district confirmed that he had attended Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, graduating in 2022. “It has been reported that Thomas Crooks was a member of the Bethel Park High School rifle team or tried out for it but was dismissed due to poor performance or because the coach had character concerns. Thomas Crooks was never a member of the school’s rifle team and we have no record of him trying out,” the statement said....