Shooting Alone: The Unknowable Story of Thomas Matthew Crooks

Shooting Alone: The Unknowable Story of Thomas Matthew Crooks

One year ago, Thomas Matthew Crooks shot and almost killed Donald Trump. Why do we know so little about him? By Rich Cohen I was not especially appalled—not at first, anyway—when I heard, on the evening of July 13, 2024, that Donald Trump had been shot at a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. We’ve been stuck in the current moment like a stylus on a scratched record; perhaps this evil act would finally get us back in the groove. But the mor…