A popular YouTuber from Texas has broken his silence after it was revealed that Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was wearing a branded T-shirt featuring his channel.
Wrecking Ranch has almost 12 million subscribers, is dedicated to guns and sees Matt Carriker demonstrating and shooting various types of weapons.
“What the hell,” Carriker wrote Saturday night in a Facebook post that featured a photo of a dead Crooks wearing his brand’s T-shirt.
The gray T-shirt features an American flag on the sleeve and block lettering that was partially hidden in photos from the scene.
A popular YouTuber from Texas has broken his silence after it was revealed that Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was wearing a branded T-shirt featuring his channel.
The gray T-shirt features an American flag on the sleeve and block lettering that was partially hidden in photos from the scene.
Pictured here is Matt Carriker wearing the same shirt as the shooter. He runs the YouTube page Demolition Ranch, which has nearly 12 million subscribers.
After learning of Crooks’ endorsement of his channel, Carriker took to X to explain how members of the media had reached out to him to ask about his connection and whether he had ever spoken to the shooter.
“Last night was crazy… I had news stations calling me asking if I ever talked to the shooter… what the… heck,” Carriker tweeted, clearly in shock.
Carriker, who calls himself the ‘Demolition King’ and has been running his YouTube channel channel for 13 years and now receives billions of views. He started the adventure as a hobby in 2011.
Her social media posts this weekend received 147,000 likes on Instagram and another 9,000 on Facebook.
Many loyal supporters attempted to reassure Carriker that he was not responsible for Crooks’s actions.
Carriker seemed surprised by his unwitting connection to the shooter.
Carriker’s is dedicated to displaying weapons and firing various types of weaponry.
Many of Carriker’s supporters tried to reassure him that they did not blame him for the shooter’s actions.
“I’m so sorry your logo might have been associated with this… you are not associated with these actions at all bro, stay positive and continue to share the good things you do,” Shonduras wrote.
“Unfortunately, we can’t control who wears our merchandise on the street. But people who know you know that you don’t tolerate acts like this. After all, this was a piece of trash that just happened to fall on a DR shirt,” wrote another.
“Matt, we know you don’t tolerate violence. This doesn’t affect what we think of you. Your actions show your intentions,” another online user said.
“The positive thing is that your shirt will live in history for a thousand years,” added another on X. v
In many of Carriker’s videos, he can be seen conducting experiments using his firepower, which are often extremely creative and entertaining, mixing his fascination with guns with a dark sense of humor that includes his wife and friends.
Carriker regularly posts videos of himself firing pistols and assault rifles at targets including human mannequins and vehicles.
Meanwhile, Crooks was identified by police as Saturday’s shooter after firing several shots that killed one person and injured three others, including Trump.
Crooks was reportedly registered as a Republican but had made a $15 donation to a Democratic PAC in 2021.
His schoolmates described him as a loner who often wore hunting gear.
