The teenage girl who carried out a school shooting in Wisconsin had been in contact with a man in California who, according to authorities and court documents, told law enforcement officers he was plotting an attack on a government building. A California judge issued a restraining order on Dec. 16 under the state’s red flag […]
A police chief in Madison, Wisconsin, says investigators are speaking to the father of the alleged shooter after the attack at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday. Police say the man is at one of their facilities and is cooperating with authorities. NTD spoke to Peter Forcelli, a retired ATF deputy assistant director and NYPD […]
The 14-year-old who authorities say carried out a mass shooting at a Georgia high school this month was questioned by law enforcement officers in 2023 and denied making any school shooting threats, newly released body camera footage shows. Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office went to the home of Colt Gray and informed his […]
Colin Gray, the father of Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder, and cruelty to children. NTD spoke with criminal defense attorney David Gelman about the case.
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 […]
Authorities in Butler County, Pennsylvania, released a report Thursday providing more details on the death of the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Butler County Coroner William Young found that Thomas Matthew Crooks died from a single gunshot wound to the head at 6:25 p.m. local time on July 13, and […]
A top FBI official said on July 30 that investigators have discovered that a social media account possibly linked to former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin featured hundreds of comments reflecting anti-Semitic and anti-immigration views. Paul Abbate, deputy director of the FBI, made the remark while testifying before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary […]
Answering a direct question from Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), FBI Director Christopher Wray testified at a House Committee hearing on Wednesday that there has not yet been any evidence of a second shooter on the scene at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally where an assassination attempt was made on former President Donald Trump on July 13.
During a Wednesday House Committee hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about reports claiming the man who shot former President Donald Trump had posted online that “July 13th will be my premiere, watch it as it unfolds.” Mr. Wray said the post was found to be the result of a “sick joke” by another person […]
During a House Committee hearing on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray said his agency is analyzing several electronic devices allegedly associated with the man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump on July 13. Mr. Wray said Thomas Matthew Crooks Google-searched “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” on July 6, a week before […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before a House Committee on Wednesday, where he said the agency is investigating a drone possibly owned by the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Mr. Wray said the drone was recovered from Thomas Matthew Crooks’ vehicle and is being analyzed by an FBI lab.
The man who shot former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on July 13 had a detonation device, the state’s top police official said on July 23. “We were aware of that very early on and that was a serious tactical consideration in the immediate aftermath as we worked that crime scene,” Col. Christopher Paris, commissioner […]
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said that the sloped roof of the warehouse building from which a would-be assassin fired at former President Donald Trump was too dangerous for Secret Service agents to secure. Over the past weekend, questions have emerged about whether the Secret Service or local law enforcement did enough to secure […]
The man who fired multiple shots during a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, hitting former President Donald Trump in the ear and killing one of the attendees, was not affiliated with any branch of the U.S. military, according to a Pentagon spokesperson. Department of Defense (DOD) deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters at a July […]
A municipal police officer had encountered the gunman on the rooftop before he fired at former President Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania campaign rally but was unable to stop him in time, the Butler County sheriff said. Butler County Sheriff Michael T. Slupe told CBS Pittsburgh on Sunday that Butler Township officers had initiated a […]
On this episode of America’s Hope, we’ll hear the remarkable story of retired U.S. Army Capt. John Arroyo Jr., a former Green Beret who was gunned down by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, Texas—and who miraculously survived this near-fatal shooting. Learn how this former soldier’s life, though struck by tragedy, was transformed through the […]
The parents of Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley were sentenced to jail today. James and Jennifer Crumbley will both spend between 10 and 15 years behind bars. Missouri’s attorney general is suing the Biden administration over its student loan debt forgiveness programs. An Idaho teen who pledged his loyalty to the ISIS terrorist group […]
PONTIAC, Mich.—The parents of a Michigan school shooter declined to take their son home hours before the attack, leaving instead with a list of mental health providers after being presented with his violent drawing and disturbing messages, a counselor testified Monday. A security camera image of James Crumbley with papers in his hand at Oxford […]
PONTIAC, Mich.—The father of a Michigan school shooter told police shortly after the fatal attack that a gun and ammunition used by his son had been hidden at the family’s home, according to a video seen by jurors Friday. James and Jennifer Crumbley were interviewed in a small room at a sheriff’s office while Ethan […]
PONTIAC, Mich.—Hours before a 2021 mass school shooting in Michigan, the mother of a teenager who killed four students said she was worried that he was “going to do something dumb,” a man who had a close relationship with her testified Wednesday. Brian Meloche said Jennifer Crumbley explained to him that she had to go […]
