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-Lurid Crime Tales-

FBI releases new data on would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks' text messages to mystery person

2026-10-03

[Just The News] The FBI shared new information Friday pertaining to President Donald Trump's would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks,

…sometimes merely Thomas Crooks (2003 – July 13, 2024), the bright, pimply-faced incel was the child of professional counselors, which did not stop him from being bullied. Registered Republican but donating via ActBlue and highly active in the hateful corners of social media, his father noticed his mental deterioration in his last months, but was it blossoming mental illness or drugs, both of which show up in his family history, or something else? He worked as a kitchen aide in a nursing home until he was killed by Secret Service counter snipers when he tried to assassinate President Trump at a campaign stop…

releasing text messages he shared with an unidentified person related to a 3D printer he used to build a firearm.

The information was released through a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act request and contained text messages the bureau determined were "pertinent" to the investigation.

The 20-year-old fired on Trump in July 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, during a presidential campaign speech, grazing his ear, and seen live on TV. An attendee at the rally was killed while attempting to shield his family. Crooks, who fired his shots from a nearby rooftop, was shot dead almost immediately.

Unredacted text messages were exchanged a year before the shooting, where the unknown contact texted Crooks in February 2023, asking "did you 3D print the parts?" to which Crooks replied that he did minus the "fan blades."

It was not clear what the two people were referring to but they moved on from the printer to discuss classes at separate colleges, according to the New York Post.

The messages also revealed Crooks was close enough to the individual that the pair traded gifts for Christmas 2022, though it was not clear what the gifts consisted of.

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