Posted on 07/15/2024 6:35:41 PM PDT by Libloather
Thomas Crooks’ phone has offered federal investigators no clear explanations about why the 20-year-old from suburban Pittsburgh tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Investigators have now turned their attention to the shooter’s laptop in the hopes of uncovering clues about his motive — a question that has proven still elusive two days after the shooting that rocked the nation.
Investigators have been able to piece together some clues about Crooks’ movements in before the shooting at 6:11 p.m. on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Earlier in the day, he bought 50 rounds of ammunition from Allegheny Arms & Gun Works and a metal ladder from Home Depot, which he used to climb to the roof of a factory with a clear sight-line to Trump’s podium, sources said.
Sources said the AR-style assault rifle Crooks used belonged to his father — Matthew Brian Crooks, a licensed counselor who registered to vote as a Libertarian.
The dad called police sometime Saturday to report that his son was missing — along with one of the roughly 20 guns he owned and kept in their modest suburban home in Bethel Park, about 25 minutes south of Pittsburgh, according to sources.
Meanwhile, Jim Knapp, who retired from his job as the school counselor at Bethel Park High School in 2022, said Crooks had always been “quiet as a churchmouse,” “respectful” and kept to himself, although he did have a few friends.
He rarely came across Crooks because “he wasn’t a needy type kid,” Knapp said. Crooks was content to occasionally eat lunch by himself in the school cafeteria, said Knapp, who would engage such students to see if they wanted company.
“Kids weren’t calling him names, kids weren’t bullying him,” Knapp said.
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So, the FBI scrubbed it.
Next, his laptop.
authorities are BAFFLED!
“Yeah....he missed the SOB. We’ll just play dumb for now and hope the conventions bury the story. We’ll have The View attack Trump as usual.”
I doubt there was anything on his phone. They’re probably not gonna find anything on his laptop you’re looking for something that’s probably not there. He was just a disturbed kid take it in by all the rhetoric.
They haven’t had time to clean the laptop. You know, with a cloth.
The FBI lied about Hunter Biden’s Laptop, why is anyone thinking they will not lie about this.
What they are doing is scrubbing everything, that is what they learned from getting caught lying about Hunter’s laptop.
Water board his parents.
his son was missing — along with one of the roughly 20 guns he owned
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I must know!
How many ultra high capacity clips did he take?
Enough to hold 50 rounds?
I smell MK Ultra.
I agree with the last part of your post. But even disturbed people usually want to have their voice heard. It would be unusual for him not to have left some indication of his hate or anger at the world.
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Every road leads to nowhere.
Oh well.
We gave it our best shot.
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Thomas Crooks’ phone yields no clues about motive for Trump assassination attempt — attention turns to his laptop: sources
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They must still be too busy scrub....er, I mean investigating epstein?
Dumb question... but has anyone proven the shots actually came from the rooftop Crooks was on?
Planted phone.
Motive a total mystery!
Could it perhaps have something to do with the constant demonization of Donald Trump 24/7/365 on almost every mainstream media outlet for the past eight years, informing the young man that Trump is the biggest threat to everything good in the world?? Could that perhaps have set him off?
Nah...let’s keep searching. There has to be another motive. The media is harmless, everyone knows that.
/SARC
Especially a 20 year old. They are born with them attached to their umbilical cord.
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A couple of guards from Epstein’s jail were working there that day.
Camera problems follow around those guys.
/s
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