UPDATE: More Details Revealed About Trump Shooter Thomas Crooks

New details have been revealed about President Trump’s shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

The morning of the rally on Saturday, the would-be assassin visited Home Depot and bought the ladder he would later use to climb up onto a building near where Trump was holding a rally and shoot at our president.

It appears Secret Service must have missed a guy walking by with a full-on ladder and rifle…

🚨🇺🇸THOMAS CROOKS LIKELY WALKED RIGHT PAST SECRET SERVICE WITH A LADDER AND LONG R!FLE🚨

According to a report from CNN citing law enforcement officials, Crooks bought the ladder from Home Depot and bought 50 rounds of ammunition on the morning of the day he tried to… pic.twitter.com/RIIsCIfl1F

— The News You Dont See (@Crazynews4real) July 16, 2024

Thomas Matthew Crooks bought "a five-foot ladder" the day before shooting and injuring Trump at his rally.

So not only is there a question of how Crooks brought a rifle to the rally, but also the ladder.🤔https://t.co/izuJXwJWVR

Text-only version: https://t.co/wa1dTCRA68 pic.twitter.com/DFwVrFQWvf

— Lemon Slayer (@LemonSlayerUS) July 16, 2024

Here’s a photo of the ladder he used:

The Trump shooter presumably used this ladder. You can see the Google street view, too, and see that this wasn’t a permanent ladder. Also note how well this tree blocks the view. pic.twitter.com/MlPvVURvrZ

— Dex James (@realDexJames) July 14, 2024

The morning before the shooting, Crooks also went to a gun store, where he bought 50 rounds of ammunition, including the bullet that later struck President Trump’s ear — missing his head by a pure miracle.

The gun Crooks used was owned by his father.

The day before the rally, on Friday, Crooks had visited a shooting range at his local gun club, which he and his dad were a part of, to practice his shots.

The shooter was also found with a remote detonator on his body, and his car’s trunk had a box of explosives wired to a receiver.

CNN reported:

In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown.

On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced firing, a law enforcement official told CNN. The next morning, Crooks went to a Home Depot, where he bought a five-foot ladder, and a gun store, where he purchased 50 rounds of ammunition, the official said.

Then, Crooks drove his Hyundai Sonata about an hour north, joining thousands of people from around the region who flocked to Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. He parked the car outside the rally, with an improvised explosive device hidden in the trunk that was wired to a transmitter he carried, the official said. Then, investigators believe, he used his newly-bought ladder to scale a nearby building, and opened fire on the former president.

As investigators continue to search for a motive behind the attempted assassination, they are scrutinizing Crooks’ movements before the attack and trying to piece together a timeline of his actions leading up to it.

Yet nearly 48 hours after the shooting, investigators are struck by the lack of leads they’re finding about Crooks’ mindset and possible motives. Even after successfully breaking into his phone and searching his computer, scouring his search history and bedroom, and interviewing his family and friends, agents still haven’t found evidence that would suggest political or ideological impetus for the shooting, law enforcement sources told CNN.

Instead, the evidence they have found appears to show typical online activities including an interest in computer coding and gaming, the sources said — and that has raised more questions.

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In a sign that his attack could have been even more destructive, Crooks had a remote control detonator on his body, and his car’s trunk contained a metal box of explosives that was connected with wires to a receiver, the law enforcement source said.

That suggests the gunman may have been planning to set off an explosion remotely, and investigators are considering the theory that he may have been planning a distraction during the shooting.

It’s unclear how Crooks assembled the explosive devices found in his car. Investigators parsing through his online search history haven’t found any indication of him researching how to make home-made explosives, law enforcement officials said.

The AR-style rifle Crooks used to fire on Trump was legally purchased by his father, Matthew Crooks. It was one of more than 20 firearms registered to the elder Crooks, which were kept at the family’s home, according to Pennsylvania State Police records reviewed by investigators, the official said. All of the guns were legally purchased.

One has to wonder how Secret Service missed all of this — the man with the rifle, the 5- foot ladder, him bear-climbing up onto the roof across from the rally…

It’s so insane.

And yet, the Secret Service director is still refusing to take accountability and resign.

Secret Service Director Refuses to Resign Over Trump Assassination Attempt