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Thomas Matthew Crooks hid rifle in advance of Trump rally sniper attack, Secret Service source says
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Posted on 07/18/2024 11:31:28 AM PDT by TigerClaws

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old would-be assassin who opened fire on former President Donald Trump's Pennsylvania campaign rally Saturday, hid the weapon in advance, according to a Secret Service source.

It was not immediately clear where he hid it, however. By the time agents spotted him on the roof, he was already holding it.

"We went from golf range finder to AR-15, and now we have to fill in the gap," the source told Fox News

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 556; banglist; crooks; crookstimeline; hiddengun; secretservice; thomascrooks; thomasmatthewcrooks; whohelpedhim
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To: null and void

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-rally-shooter-ar-style-gun-fbi-investigation-2024-7?op=1

...FBI Special Agent Kevin Rojek, director of the agency’s Pittsburgh field office, said in a news conference Sunday afternoon that the FBI recovered an “AR-style 556 rifle which was purchased legally.”...


21 posted on 07/18/2024 11:46:45 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: JewishRighter

I think he hid it in the bushes on top of the grassy knoll.


22 posted on 07/18/2024 11:46:49 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: TigerClaws
By the time agents spotted him on the roof, he was already holding it.

He was spotted well before he had the gun in hand - more excuse-making by the SS and media.

23 posted on 07/18/2024 11:46:53 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Where is the vaunted Q team?)
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To: right way right

How about in the backpack he had on.


24 posted on 07/18/2024 11:47:24 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: chuck allen

That would probably be after he retrieved them from the trees then.
I don’t see how he could possibly bring it all the way from his vehicle.

I see no problem in the hidden tools theory.
I’m done speculating.
I’m for Fight, Fight, Fighting...at the battle box!
Man those Battle Boxes People!!!


25 posted on 07/18/2024 11:50:07 AM PDT by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
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To: George from New England

So no dog stiffing on roof .....

Did they have dogs?


26 posted on 07/18/2024 11:50:48 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: TigerClaws

Keystone Cops say what?


27 posted on 07/18/2024 11:51:00 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Pray for President Trump. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: TigerClaws

Well, that explains everything. I don’t see how anyone could stop him if he hid the rifle in advance.


28 posted on 07/18/2024 11:53:35 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: maro

U-Haul uses AZ plates on many vehicles.


29 posted on 07/18/2024 11:53:53 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: null and void

Post 7 :Forgot the picture of a pit bull AR-15.


30 posted on 07/18/2024 11:54:04 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Pray for President Trump. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: TigerClaws

On one hand Cheatle remaining is good reninder to voters of dem incompetence...on other hand it outs 45 in danger. But I’m beyond thinking a new SS boss would do anything different. In other words 45 isn’t safe period.


31 posted on 07/18/2024 11:54:52 AM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2024)
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To: TigerClaws

Bookmark


32 posted on 07/18/2024 11:56:50 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: central_va
"He had a hunch the building would be unguarded"

SERIOUSLY?

33 posted on 07/18/2024 11:57:38 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: George from New England

34 posted on 07/18/2024 11:58:47 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: maro

“ How did the kid know that that particular building would not be guarded by law enforcement? That’s the big question. ”

EXACTLY!!!!!
Would anyone ever think you could hide a weapon in advance that close to a stage ?
NO FREAKING WAY


35 posted on 07/18/2024 12:00:00 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: null and void

Isn’t it curious that there has been no picture of the actual gun? Those always show up early so the anti-gun nazis can start yelling about it.


36 posted on 07/18/2024 12:00:30 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Accepting a false premise initiates conversational defeat.)
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To: TigerClaws

Too late the Phalarope


37 posted on 07/18/2024 12:00:48 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: pookie18
See comment #8 on this thread for a great addition for your Today's Toons!
38 posted on 07/18/2024 12:02:21 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: TigerClaws

Several days ago, a FReeper wondered where he stashed his rifle.


39 posted on 07/18/2024 12:02:25 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: dragnet2

😆


40 posted on 07/18/2024 12:02:33 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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