BlackRock Inc., the worldβs largest money manager, has pulled an ad that briefly featured Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old who shot and wounded former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
The company said Crooks was a student at Bethel Park High School and appeared in the 2022 ad with other unpaid teens.
βIn 2022, we ran an ad featuring a teacher from Bethel Park High School, in which several unpaid students briefly appeared in the background, including Thomas Matthew Crooks,β the company said in a statement to Reuters Sunday, adding that the ad has been pulled.
π¨Breaking: Black Rock, the worldβs largest money manager, pulls 2022 ad featuring Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.
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Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old who shot and wounded former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, briefly appeared in an ad for BlackRock⦠pic.twitter.com/hII6jg6LdF