Butler is a city in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is 35 miles north of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh region. As of the 2020 census, the population
View of Butler from the Southside neighborhood
Edna & Floyd Cramer at their Maytag Store in Butler, Pennsylvania 1920s
Connoquenessing Creek flows through Butler, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Matthew Crooks was an American man who attempted to assassinate then-former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential e
Butler, Pennsylvania
…wounded in his right ear from an attempted assassination, during which one audience member was killed and two others severely injured in the gunfire. Thomas Matthew Crooks, the perpetrator, was promptly killed by a Secret Service Counter Assault Team sniper. Trump was swiftly transported to Butler Memorial Hospital and…
Improvised explosive devices in the car trunk of Crooks found by the FBI
The rifle and backpack used by Crooks at the assassination attempt
The rifle used by Crooks during the assassination attempt, with visible damage to the stock of the firearm after being struck by police gunfire at Crooks
Official Presidential Portrait of President Donald J. Trump