2025-07-14
23 分钟One of the days from last year that stands out most clearly in my mind is the day Donald Trump was shot.
Most of us have probably seen the photos from the rally in Butler,
Pennsylvania, of Trump rising up surrounded by Secret Service.
pumping his fist in the air with blood smeared across his face.
We would later learn that the gunman was 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
He grew up in Pennsylvania, not far from where the rally took place.
And in the days and weeks following the shooting,
it wasn't clear why he had done it or how he'd been able to get so close to killing the then-former president.
From the newsroom of The Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Colby Akowitz.
It's Sunday, July 13th.
Today, we're bringing you a special episode on the one-year anniversary of the shooting.
I spoke with my colleague, investigative reporter Carol Lenig,
about why we still know so little about the gunman's motive and what we can learn from the security failures of that day.
Carol, I'm so thrilled to have you on.
Oh, it's so good to be here with you, Colby.
So, Carol, in the last year, you've been looking into the gunman who attempted to assassinate Trump.
What have you learned about him?
In many ways, Thomas Crooks is the classic profile of a mass shooter.
And I say many ways because there's one way in which he's not.