Shocking facts have emerged in the recent investigation report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the psychological and family background of 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, who made a deadly attempt to assassinate the then Republican candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania during the 2024 US presidential election campaign. According to official interrogation documents made public by the agency, the attacker was socially withdrawn and extremely quiet since childhood, but as he crossed the threshold of adolescence, he developed a dangerous obsession with modern firearms, 3-D printed assault devices and explosive technology. Detailed statements taken by federal investigators from Crooks' father, Matthew Crooks, and his close contacts have now made clear how a promising but lonely student gradually slipped into a deadly sniper mentality. #1 Quiet since birth and habit of talking to himself: Father tells the strange story of Crooks' childhood. In statements given to the federal investigation agency FBI, Crooks' father Matthew told investigators that his son was completely different from ordinary children from the very first moment of birth. In his father's words, when Thomas was born, he did not even cry like normal newborns and from then on he maintained a deep and mysterious silence throughout his life. There was never an intimate or spontaneous communication between father and son, as Crooks always avoided expressing his feelings and rarely smiled. During high school he became even more isolated from society and fellow classmates and became hesitant to even have normal conversations with teachers. During middle school, his parents suspected he was suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) due to boredom and strange behavior such as breaking school desks to get attention. He would often have long conversations with himself in his room alone, although despite all these inconsistencies, he always remained top class in studies and academic performance. #1 From Navy dreams to shooting: The hobby of deadly firearms awakened in the Covid period. Crooks' mind kept changing rapidly in search of a career, at one time he was dreaming of joining the US Navy and joining the technical operations wing of nuclear submarines, but he could not stick to any goal for long. In his teenage years, his interest suddenly turned towards guns and shooting spectrum, which took a terrible turn during the nationwide lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic. In his spare time he began attending local gun clubs, where Crooks, initially a poor marksman, became an accurate long-range marksman in a few years with consistent practice. His father reported that he was often engaged in technical experiments to accurately fire bullets to maximum possible distances using basic iron sights. #1 Attempt to make weapons from 3D printer and smuggling of equipment under the fake name of 'Bob Doll' The FBI's revelations have also proved that Crooks was not limited to just running guns, but he was a victim of engineering mania of designing lethal weapons and spy equipment in-house. He took the risk of assembling a Glock-19 pistol using carbon-fiber plastic and household tools and created his own customized gaming system and automated security camera network using a 3D printer and Raspberry Pi chipset. To hide his identity in the digital world and avoid surveillance, he used the pseudonym of former US senator 'Bob Dole' while ordering weapon parts and tools from e-commerce platforms. Despite being repeatedly stopped by his father, he continued receiving the parcels by using state-of-the-art encryption and privacy tools to avoid account hacking and tracking. #1 Contradiction on Political Ideology and That Deadly Attack of July 13, 2024 From a political perspective, Crux read deeply on history and power struggles and continuously analyzed the statements of stalwarts like Trump, Joe Biden and Marco Rubio. Although on paper he was registered as a Republican and was an outspoken opponent of government welfare schemes and so-called woke culture, in reality he was not loyal to any traditional party but was more interested in ridiculing politicians' speeches and administrative policies. Under this distorted mentality, on July 13, 2024, he fired fatal bullets from the rooftop at Donald Trump who was giving a speech on the stage at the Butler Rally, which missed Trump's ear. An innocent civilian present at the rally lost his life and two others were seriously injured in the attack, within seconds of which Crooks was killed on the spot by US Secret Service snipers. Father Matthew reiterated to investigators today that the family is still unable to understand what was the real motive behind their seemingly calm son taking such a horrific step.
