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Thomas Crooks pictured almost an hour before he shot Trump: Sniper identified gunman acting suspiciously checking his cell phone and a rangefinder at rally when they took photo
daily mail ^ | 7/17/2024 | farrell

Posted on 07/17/2024 6:24:29 AM PDT by RummyChick

Security service officials had would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks on their radar for almost an hour before he shot Donald Trump, a new image reveals.

A photograph showing the 20-year-old sniper appearing to crawl on the ground while scouring the area was circulated to law enforcement as a suspicious sighting at 5:30pm the Butler, Pennsylvania rally on July 14.

Around 6.10pm, Crooks took up a position on the slanted roof and shot at Trump from a distance of around 165 yards, wounding him in the ear and killing retired fire chief Corey Comperatore.

Two more newly-released images also show a bicycle owned by Crooks which was recovered close to the scene, and a remote detonator which was recovered from his dead body alongside his cellphone.

It was later revealed that the detonator was connected to explosives found in his car.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 07/17/2024 6:24:29 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Jane Long

the pic you posted was of the shooter


2 posted on 07/17/2024 6:25:01 AM PDT by RummyChick ( )
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3 posted on 07/17/2024 6:27:26 AM PDT by RummyChick ( )
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Water tower 90ft tall, 100yrds East of assassin.

No over watch?

That vantage point easily covers the area

Why is no one talking about this?


4 posted on 07/17/2024 6:30:47 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: RummyChick

Sooooo, who did he call to get the final go-ahead for the shoot?

The FBI has his phone and allege they’ve unlocked it.

Makes ya go hmmmm...


5 posted on 07/17/2024 6:31:25 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: null and void

Probably the fbi or cia handler told him go.


6 posted on 07/17/2024 6:32:24 AM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: Mmogamer

Or Obama...


7 posted on 07/17/2024 6:33:31 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: null and void

Shapiro’s office?


8 posted on 07/17/2024 6:33:35 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: RummyChick

Not shooter. Assassin.


9 posted on 07/17/2024 6:34:55 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: RummyChick

Sounds like the michigan plot to kidnap their governor


10 posted on 07/17/2024 6:35:37 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: RummyChick

With whom would the supposed Lone Wolf be communicating?

Everyone forgets there were attempts on JFks life in Chicago and Fla. One was a former marine who had served with Oswald!

I would study all the previous rallies, they likely had Manchurian candidates planted at various spots. All future Trump rallies, the plans are already in effect. Hopefully this DEI dipstick running the SS will be replaced by a real hitter.


11 posted on 07/17/2024 6:40:05 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (Tthe trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: RummyChick

BTTT


12 posted on 07/17/2024 6:41:19 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: null and void

“Sooooo, who did he call to get the final go-ahead for the shoot?

The FBI has his phone and allege they’ve unlocked it.

They should be able to track his every movement (GOS) and every communication (metadata) even w/o unlocking.

Example, If he called 5 other now inactive burner phones and talked for 1-5 minutes each, they can geo locate ALL of the contacts.


13 posted on 07/17/2024 6:46:12 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: uranium penguin

They could do that, if they wanted to.


14 posted on 07/17/2024 6:47:06 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: null and void

“suspiciously checking his cell phone “

The FIB stated they got into his phone and the same day declared there was nothing on it. The brazen corruption of bastards is scary.


15 posted on 07/17/2024 6:48:29 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: RummyChick

It seemed very strange when one of the first statements coming from the feds was they “couldn’t get into the shooter’s phone.”

I wonder if they’ve cracked it...or wiped it.


16 posted on 07/17/2024 6:49:21 AM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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“suspiciously checking his cell phone “

Honestly, I don’t even know what that means. A big percentage of our population checks their cell phone every 5 minutes.

He seems to have been doing something odd with his phone, but I do not know what that was. They say he was “checking” it. I dunno.


17 posted on 07/17/2024 6:52:03 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: RummyChick

So he brought his ladder on his bike?


18 posted on 07/17/2024 6:53:40 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: RummyChick

This picture was taken from an overhead vantage point. You can’t tell if the shooter was crawling or just leaning on a short stone wall.


19 posted on 07/17/2024 6:53:48 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: null and void

“They could do that, if they wanted to.”

Yes.. Heard Talk of RFK Jr. being brought into Trump’s cabinet..

If Trump puts RFK Jr. in the position of “the Guy that Declassifies and Releases EVERYTHING”...Jfk, Rfk, Election, FBI, CIA, Big Bank, Big Pharma coverups..

SS/ FBI etc better get in front of this one FAST.


20 posted on 07/17/2024 6:58:22 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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