New records: Crooks displayed increasingly erratic behavior before assassination attempt
by WorldTribune Staff, September 18, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a July 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, purchased “a chest rig and ceramic plates,” exhibited increasingly unusual behavior, including talking to himself, pacing at night, staying awake for extended periods […]