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Thomas Matthew Crooks researched school shooter Ethan Crumbley, his family before attack: officials
https://abc7.com ^ | 7/20/2024 | ByZachary Cohen, Evan Perez and Holmes Lybrand,

Posted on 07/20/2024 8:38:50 AM PDT by bitt

The suspect in the Trump rally shooting searched online for information on the arrest of a Michigan mass shooter and his parents, who were prosecuted in a 2021 high school shooting. He visited websites for how to build explosives. And in the minutes before he fired shots in an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, he screenshotted a picture from a livestream of the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally.

A week before the shooting, Thomas Matthew Crooks searched online for the date of the Democratic National Convention and where Trump planned to speak, as well as other searches for Trump and President Joe Biden.

These details were among those shared by FBI and US Secret Service officials in a Wednesday briefing with lawmakers and by additional people familiar with the investigation. The previously unreported readout documents the scope of the investigation, including an expanded timeline of the would-be assassin's actions leading to up his assault and law enforcement's failure to prevent it.

Investigators remain puzzled about possible motives for Saturday's attempted assassination of the former president, finding little to point to political or ideological intentions for the attack.

But the would-be assassin's recent trail on the internet has provided investigators with a detailed picture of his possible mindset before the attack. FBI behavioral experts are building a profile of Crooks based on the findings, the FBI told lawmakers.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 1frpottymouth; bs; crooks; ethancrumbley; fakenews; hisfamily; loser; oxfordschool; thomasmatthewcrooks
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1 posted on 07/20/2024 8:38:50 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/20/2024 8:45:26 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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Oh yeah throw some gaslighting about research on Biden and DNC Convention. Smoke and mirrors from the Biden extremests.


3 posted on 07/20/2024 8:46:15 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: bitt

People see this was a government sponsored event. Time to bring back the 20 year old kid who masterminded it.


4 posted on 07/20/2024 8:46:17 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: bitt

sure he did right after he visted the Salvador Dali museum in Tel Aviv wearning gold lame’ hoof covers

the only answer I was to hear is the summary of failure points in the SS operational plan, who owned the failure points and who is being tried for treason

everything else is Georgetown deep state chaffe


5 posted on 07/20/2024 8:52:27 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (broken glass Trump supporter)
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“Investigators remain puzzled about possible motives for Saturday’s attempted assassination”

Oh not to worry. The FIBs and the DNC will make one up soon enough. Right now they are milking this for everything they can.


6 posted on 07/20/2024 8:52:35 AM PDT by Organic Panic (SDemocrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: bitt

Stories from officials cannot be trusted.


7 posted on 07/20/2024 8:53:13 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: bitt

He screen shotted a picture of the rally….

To whom did he post this picture? Meta? Instagram? Who?

You don’t just post a picture on the “internet”. There has to be a potential “audience.”


8 posted on 07/20/2024 8:55:08 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Vermont Lt

I’m guessing his parents.


9 posted on 07/20/2024 9:00:36 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Two days ago they told us there was nothing out of ordinary on the upstanding citizens phone, and he even had a picture of Joe Biden on his phone!


10 posted on 07/20/2024 9:03:52 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: bitt

They don’t know the motive, they just know it’s the same story as always: idiot parents raise their son to be a soft piece of garbage, he wore a mask long after the pandemic like a good libtard, he said it was stupid to support Trump, he only gave to Democrats and he shot Donald Trump and Donald Trump supporters.


11 posted on 07/20/2024 9:05:56 AM PDT by conservative98
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But even after the attack we’ve got no info on the Crooks parents who both have active counselor licenses.


12 posted on 07/20/2024 9:09:53 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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“No possible motive” Why dont they just STOP IT with the ‘no known motive’. His motive was to KILL PRESIDENT TRUMP.

Anyone not clear on that besides the 1/3 of democrats that think Trump set it up himself.


13 posted on 07/20/2024 9:11:45 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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“... information on the arrest of a Michigan mass shooter and his parents...”

He expected to be taken alive. Somebody lied to him.


14 posted on 07/20/2024 9:15:13 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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Official sources quoted by ABC the official home of Trump haters like Georgie Porgy and those witches on The View.


15 posted on 07/20/2024 9:16:27 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: bitt

elon musk posted this AI video take off of the Matrix
https://x.com/phsjr1/status/1814329661570097283


16 posted on 07/20/2024 9:18:32 AM PDT by RummyChick ( )
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FBI says...

OK. Let's throw some conspiracy theory back at them:

Who's to say Crooks social media footprint wasn't scrubbed (as reported) and replaced with the stuff the FBI is now "reporting"?

Say, this is fun! Who's next?

17 posted on 07/20/2024 9:20:20 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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But even after the attack we’ve got no info on the Crooks parents who both have active counselor licenses.

Just reverse the scenario, instead of Trump, it was Biden who almost gets whacked.

The press would have the shooter’s family in the spotlight. Something stinks here.

The kid was obviously used and seemed to be having a Fun Day, climbing on roofs, flying drones, pointing his rifle at a cop, popping off a couple of rounds at Trump, the boy was having a blast at Summer Camp until his head was blown off.

He was the sacrificial lamb, dude was not going live to tell anyone anything.

He was not a magic elf that allowed him to play up to the point where he gets his head blown off. Someone “handled” this guy, count on it. I’ll go with the CIA, FBI and the Secret Service, the same crew that did Dallas.

The CIA has a thing about using familes in their operations, so yeah, check his parents.

18 posted on 07/20/2024 9:21:38 AM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
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Interesting choice of school shooters for him to take an interest in. The case is known for being one where the pro gun control crowd prosecuted the parents for the actions of their kid.

Maybe his motive was to get back at his his parents for something. He should have known from reading up on that shooter that there could be enormous consequences for his family if he carried out the shooting of a president.


19 posted on 07/20/2024 9:21:39 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Then was letting their adult son (who reportedly was part of a group threatening to shoot up his high school a few years ago) take their gun to the range—but then being so worried when he didn’t return when expected that they called the police.


20 posted on 07/20/2024 9:23:17 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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