Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks had sick obsession with guns, federal documents reveal
Federal documents reveal that Thomas Crooks, the individual who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, demonstrated an intense preoccupation with firearms and erratic behavior. His father described surveillance footage showing Crooks talking nonsensically to himself while frantically cleaning a weapon in the family's garage. These records provide new details regarding the shooter's activities and state of mind leading up to the attack.
Surveillance footage captured Crooks pacing in the family's garage, with his “arms going up and down … frantically talking and not making any sense” while cleaning a gun, according to his dad.
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