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Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was ‘quiet as a churchmouse’ and ‘respectful’ at high school, counselor says
Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks never showed any political leaning in high school and was as “quiet as a churchmouse,” according to his school counselor. Crooks was “respectful,” never got into trouble and “wasn’t a needy-type kid” during his time at Bethel Park High School, said now-retired counselor Jim Knapp, who never saw any warning signs that could have foreshadowed the shocking attempted assassination Saturday. “Kids weren’t calling him names, kids weren’t bullying him,” stressed Knapp, who was baffled as to what could have made him “snap.” Tangled US flag resembling ‘angel’ has internet convinced Trump was protected by God Even...
1 dead in water skiing accident on Pa. river
A person died in a water skiing accident Saturday morning in Washington County, according to the county cororner, Tim Warco. Warco said the victim, who he did not identify pending notification of their family, was waterskiing on the Monongahela River near West Brownsville when they collided with a docked boat.
FBI Still Searching For Motive
The FBI is still working to learn the motive behind the shooting. 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park was confirmed as the shooter according to the FBI. But, FBI Special Agent Kevin Rojek says the motive is in question. “We do not currently have an identified motive, but our...
Ohio County jury convicts New York man of second-degree murder in Wheeling Island shooting
WHEELING, W.Va. — A New York man faces up to 40 years in prison after being convicted Friday by an Ohio County jury on a charge of second degree murder. The 12-member panel found Niyahjah Hales, 22, of Brooklyn, New York, guilty in the January 2021 shooting of Michael Jackson outside the Voodoo Lounge on Wheeling Island. Jackson, 41, died two months later.
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