Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who shot and injured former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, briefly appeared in an commercial for BlackRock Inc., the corporate mentioned on Sunday.
Crooks was certainly one of a number of college students who appeared within the background of the 2022 advert and was unpaid, BlackRock, the world’s largest cash supervisor, mentioned in a press release. The advert was filmed at Bethel Park Excessive College, the place Crooks graduated in 2022, and featured a trainer, the corporate mentioned.
The corporate didn’t describe the content material of the advert however mentioned footage can be made accessible to the authorities and that it is going to be faraway from circulation. It additionally condemned the assault on Saturday that left one attendee useless and two others critically wounded.
“The assassination attempt on former President Trump is abhorrent. We’re thankful former President Trump wasn’t seriously injured, and thinking about all the innocent bystanders and victims of this awful act, especially the person who was killed,” the assertion mentioned.
BlackRock experiences earnings on Monday. The corporate has up to now come below scrutiny after shootings within the US as a result of a few of its index funds personal shares in gunmakers.
