Local Officer Shot Trump Rally Shooter First, Knocking Him Down, Investigation Finds

Published on August 19, 2024

The first shot to strike the man who fired at former President Donald Trump was from a local law enforcement officer, according to a preliminary report from an investigation by a U.S. congressman. Thomas Crooks fired eight shots from the rooftop of a building near where Trump was speaking in Butler County, Pennsylvania on July 13. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) found that the next shot came from a Butler County Emergency Services Unit SWAT operator, who was about 100 yards away from the building on which Crooks was positioned. When the SWAT officer saw Crooks as a moving target on the rooftop, he quickly left his post and sprinted towards the man, “running to a clear shot position directly into the line of fire while Crooks was firing,” Higgins said....

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