The Bethel Park School District (BPSD), where the gunman who shot 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump previously attended, released a statement Saturday correcting reports about the gunman's involvement.

The school district confirmed that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspect who shot Trump in the ear in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022. BPSD addressed several “misconceptions” about Crooks through its report, including claims of bullying, threats of violence and rifle team involvement. statement.

The district said it had no relevant records. Crooks He was “relentlessly bullied” at school, which some reports have suggested may have led to an assassination attempt on President Trump.

“The district keeps detailed records including academic achievement, attendance, disciplinary history and health records. Records indicate that Mr. Crooks is in good academic standing, attends school regularly and has never received disciplinary action, including those related to bullying or intimidation,” BPSD said.

The district also said “another student” Not Crooks“threatened violence” against Bethel Park High School in 2019. The incident was “thoroughly investigated and addressed immediately” at the time, but the school district clarified that it “had no affiliation with the failed assassin.” (RELATED: 'You owe President Trump an answer!': Video of Republican senators confronting Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle)

Crooks was not a civil servant either. Rifle Team The statement said Crooks was not on the school's roster because there was no record of him trying out for the school and the coach “has no recollection of ever meeting him.” But the district acknowledged it was possible that Crooks “attended practice, took some shots and never returned,” and that there was no record of that happening.

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“Mr. Crooks was known as a quiet, intelligent young man who generally got along well with teachers and classmates,” BPSD said.

After graduating from high school, Crooks earned an associate's degree in engineering science from Allegheny County Community College and worked as a dietary aide at Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, according to the school district.

“It has been two years since we last saw Thomas Crooks, and it would be extremely irresponsible to speculate about his mental state,” the school district said.

Trump's White House physician, Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, said Saturday that Trump is “recovering well” since being shot, but that the former president still suffers from “intermittent bleeding” and “requires bandaging” his injured ear.