Scary images emerged Saturday evening of a cell phone and remote transmitter found near the body of suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks after the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Obtained by Pittsburgh-based WPXI A gray 12-button remote control and a smartphone were recovered from the roof of a building in Butler, Pennsylvania, that he was using as a sniper base.
A Secret Service team shot and killed the murderous lone man who shot President Trump in the ear and killed an innocent rally-goer over the weekend.
The remote control is believed to have been connected to an explosive device in Crooks’ car, but it did not detonate.
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The transmitter and cell phone belonging to former President Trump shooter Thomas Crooks obtained by WPXI. (WPXI/AFP Handout/Jean J. Puskar for The Associated Press)
Investigators are investigating whether the device was intended to cause damage at the scene or to create a diversionary tactic during an assassination attempt.
WPXI also reported that local police had taken a photo of Crooks about 30 minutes before the incident.
Allegations first arose hours before Trump was due to take the stage when he was seen carrying a rangefinder through security. According to CNN.
The device functions similarly to binoculars and is often used by shooters and hunters to gauge distances for long-range shots.
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WPXI has obtained photos of Thomas Matthew Crooks’ cell phone and transmitter that were left near the body of former President Trump after the assassination attempt. (WPXI)
According to WPXI, local police later found Crooks on the roof around 5:45 p.m., took photos and notified a colleague.
A local police officer confronted Crooks directly just before he began firing, but he fell from the roof when a would-be assassin pointed an AR-type rifle at him.
Crooks’ bullet grazed Trump’s head and sliced through his ear, while another fatally wounded volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was attending the rally with his wife and children.
According to CNN, Crooks, who allegedly climbed onto the building’s roof by stepping on an air conditioning unit, told his superiors at Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center that he needed the day off because he had “something to do.”
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Former President Trump, his face covered in blood, gestures as gunshots ring out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Reuters/Brendan McDiarmid)
He said he would likely return to work on Sunday, but was shot by a Secret Service sniper after firing at President Trump.
Critics have blamed Secret Service agents for not stationing personnel on the roof of the building where Crooks opened fire.
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said the roof was too sloped to be manned.
