Thomas Crooks introduces himself in 2022 and discusses some of his likes and goals for a Community College class. From the astonishing investigative work of journalist Ken Silva via Headline USA. All of these videos were originally released in this Article.
Crooks discusses the basics and future of 3D printing for a class in 2022. Credit: Ken Silva via Headline USA
The 3D Printed Chess board Crooks made for a college assignment. Credit: CBS
Crooks teaches us why we need a tire puncture kit, and how to use it. Credit: Ken Silva via Headline USA
Crooks pitching the 2022 Hyundai Elantra (his car) for a class assignment. Credit: Ken Silva via Headline USA
Advertisement for the Intermediate Handgun Class Crooks took June 22nd 2024 at 5 pm at Keystone Shooting Center. His classmate was 62 year old Air Force veteran Bill Jenkins.
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ASAIC DTD notes
Assistant Special Agent In Charge. Discusses up to July 12 coverage, walk through, detailing grassy area by AGR. Sporadically details general officer training.
P 98,1: At first, she thought it weas kids with pop-its
P 98, 11, 12: “Get down. Get down. Get Down.”
P-99, 12, 13: Shooter down
P101, 5-7: Fireworks go off too close to the car, they can smell it.
P101,21 to P102,3: They learn who the shooter was
P120,20-22: Reiteration of shooting event. Three or four shots go right over their heads
P121, 23: “One thing I have never trained for is a protectee fighting back.”
P122, 2-4: “…protocol is to sacrifice our bodies to get him out of there and not let some guy like Crooks decide the future for everybody that wants to vote for him.”
P123, 12: “But it was pretty quickly confirmed that he didn’t bump his head.”
ATF Agent 1 notes
Arson and explosives investigation.
P17, 1-16: The initial incident report was broadcast at approximately 6:12 and the agent reports to the scene in Butler.
P22, 16: “I never went inside the building. I never went on top of the building.”
P23, 13 to 18: Trying to trace the firearm and the shooter.
P-24, 22 to 24: Traced back to Thomas Crooks.
P25, 23 to24: Decides to travel to the other scene in Bethel Park.
P26, 10 to 12: By 9:20 pm agents were dispatched to Bethel Park to set up covert surveillance.
P28, 5 to15: Received email at 10:28 “am” (corrected later) containing Crooks’ drivers license, and employment report.
P28, 19: Corrected to 10:28 pm
P28, 24to 25: Compared Drivers License picture to profile of Crooks taken at Butler.
P-40, 9 to 10: Crooks’ father, Matthew, identified as original purchaser.
P40, 15: From the driver’s license, Matthew is not the person on the roof.
P41, 24 to P42, 9: Comparison of Matthew’s license, Thomas’s license, and the ID picture of Crooks taken on the roof by an unnamed law enforcement officer. Shooter determined to be Thomas to “a high degree of certainty”.
P43, 8 to10: They learn Matthew has called 911 about 11pm.
P44, 3 to14: Report that the father came out of the house saying the news had contacted him. Agrees to let agents search the house. Mother is escorted out since she is visually impaired. Suspected device found in Thomas’s bedroom. Evacuated houses on either side.
P45, 17 to 21: Crooks’ Hyundai Elantra has not yet been discovered.
P46, 9 to 11: On the way to Bethel Park, agent finds out Crook’s car has been found.
P46, 15 to 25: Arrives in Bethel Park between 2am – 2:30 am. House has already been cleared.
P47, 9 to 16: Sees the parents, gives card if they need anything. They have questions. Agent says he’s not there to interview them.
P47, 17to 19: Father doesn’t want the gun back, he just wants to know where his son’s body is.
P48, 4 to7. Recalled to Butler by 10 am. Day is very hot and humid.
P49, 12 to 21 Who knew about the linkage between the Crooks family and the shooter before 11 pm on the 13th? The IRS agent, the special agents in charge, the people on the email forward from the agent, FBI and ATF. No Secret Service.
P49, 24 to P50, 6: How did the 911 call get to the agent? Agency was already in touch with Bethel Park PD.
P51, 3 to P53, 25: How they found the Hyundai Elantra, discovering and detailing the contents of the IEDs inside, and if they might have worked.
P54, 16 to P-59, 22: More detailed recap of surveillance of the house, exhausted condition of the parents during the interview, and Matthew detailing the education and engineering programs his son was involved in. No behavioral problems. Worked at a retirement community in the kitchen for a couple of years.
P59, 23 to 25: Father had concerns that the son was at the gun club and said, I should have known better. He was trying out for the 150 yard club, which at a rifle club is not out of the ordinary.
P60, 1 to 4. Crooks had been going to the gun range for some years, previously with his dad. Had also taken courses at Keystone range.
P60, 7 to 16: Did Crooks have any political leanings? He never made any statements against anyone. No major political motive.
P60, 20 to P61, 10: Discussion of the device found at the house.
P66, 19 to P67, 2: Negating conspiracy theories.
P69, 17 to P70, 4: The Bethel Park residence needed to be secured because surveillance had noticed vehicles driving slowly by. When this information was relayed to the agent in charge, it was noted the address had been leaked to the press.
P70, 6 to 18: Matthew Crooks called 911 at 22:57 to report his son missing.
P70, 23 to 25: Five minutes after the 911 call, Matthew was called by CNN, then another call from CNN, then a call from NBC Universal.
P71, 4 to 12: Physical contact was made with the people in the house approximately 11:40 pm. They receive consent to enter for a protective sweep from the father, and they find the device in the bedroom.
P72, 9 to 11: Crooks mother asks where her son’s body is. Agent said eventually it will be at the coroner’s office.
P-72, 12 to 22: Mentions a recorded interview with Matthew that ended at 1:13 am and turned over to ATF and the FBI.
P73, 6-10: Brief description of a coworker giving Thomas a ride home in 2022.
P73, 14 to P74,1: Condition of the house. Clean, no soapy rags or evidence of cleanup. One bathroom under renovation but the house itself was in neat order.
P74, 3 to 11: General discussion of photos and recordings taken into evidence.
P76, 8 to 14: Discussion that the IED was found at the foot of Thomas’s bed, and that the houses to either side were evacuated.
P76, 15 to 18: Reiteration that the house was not messy.
P77, 7 to 25: Discussion of the Ammonium nitrate found at the house, and of 3 to 5 pictures taken of Crooks’ room.
P79, 5 to8: ATF local law enforcement releases the house at 6 am; agents advised to depart by 6:30 am.
ATSAIC PIT
Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge – Pittsburgh
Secret Service agent of 24 years – possibly leaving
Assigning agents and countersnipers in the lead up to the Butler event
P95, 13 to 19: Suspicious person outside the perimeter is an issue for local law enforcement. Inside the perimeter is Secret Service responsibility.
P95, 21 to 23: Post standers can report a suspicious person but can’t leave their post.
P99, 6 to 8: “Were you made aware of a suspicious person with a rangefinder?” “No.”
P101, 12 to 23: Notices the local TAC team leave the barn and line up along the AGR fence. First indication something is going on.
P103, 10 to 20: Conversation with another agent . Other agent had said nothing about her pursuit of Crooks. Interviewee agent was on the roof after the shooting, came down and spoke to her again. Other agent asked if the guy on the roof was the same guy as the suspicious individual, but interviewee agent did not know. Other agent sent text message with picture of Crooks. The interviewee agent confirmed, that’s him.
P120, 14 to P121, 13: Discussion of how Crooks got on the roof. Officer assumed it was the ladder, Agent said no, the police just brought that over.
P121, 14 to P122, 8: Post-shooting discussion with Butler ESU officer about how he saw Crooks through a window of the AGR building. He saw Crooks with a rangefinder, but then he moved closer to the building where they couldn’t see him. “He was backed up against the window.” Then he moved to the wall where the agent took the pictures of him. Crooks moved to the front of the AGR building. The officer got the attention of another uniformed officer and told him to find the guy because he was acting suspicious. And that was the last they saw of him.
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