New photos of the cellphone and transmitter found by the Trump shooter’s dead body have been released.
WXPI obtained the photos, and the photos show Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks’s cellphone and transmitter.
The transmitter was believed to be connected to explosives devices that were later discovered in Crook’s car.
It was previously reported that Crooks was spotted by law enforcement officers who noticed he was acting suspiciously outside the rally perimeter.
One officer even attempted to go on the roof where Crooks was laid out but stopped after Crooks pointed his rifle at him.
Despite Crook’s suspicious behavior, the Secret Service never ordered Trump to get off the stage.
Take a look:
BREAKING: WPXI reveals exclusive photos showing cell phone, transmitter found next to Trump shooter’s body pic.twitter.com/9yVI5K8rtt
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) July 17, 2024
Thomas Crooks’ cellphone and transmitter seen next to his body after Trump shooting — as details emerge he told his boss he needed the day off work https://t.co/ByranHIRv5 pic.twitter.com/pQD8W6Zq0W
— New York Post (@nypost) July 17, 2024
Here’s what WXPI reported:
Channel 11 News exclusively confirmed Tuesday that Thomas Crooks was spotted by police hanging around the American Glass Research complex more than an hour before the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.
Multiple law enforcement sources described the security operation in detail Tuesday, directly contradicting public statements from the U.S. Secret Service Director.
According to law enforcement sources in multiple counties in western Pennsylvania, there were two sniper teams set up near the building where Thomas Crooks fired from Saturday evening. However, in direct contrast to comments made by Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle, there were no local police in the same building where Crooks made it on the roof.
Channel 11′s Nicole Ford also obtained exclusive photos showing the cell phone and transmitter device found next to Crooks moments after a Secret Service sniper shot and killed him. On Monday, Ford reported pictures of Crooks had been taken by local police at least 26 minutes before shots were fired and sent up the command chain.
On Tuesday, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed with Ford that Crooks was also spotted by police with a range finder.
According to multiple sources, when former president Trump took the stage Saturday, Crooks was still on the ground and had not yet climbed the roof of the building. Channel 11 news can also confirm that Crooks was on the roof with a gun for fewer than seven minutes when first confronted by a Butler Township police officer.
Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks’ cellphone, transmitter seen in new photoshttps://t.co/zjyCtPq5dA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 17, 2024
Fox News added these details:
A chilling image has emerged of a cellphone and remote transmitter belonging to Thomas Matthew Crooks that were found near his lifeless body Saturday evening after his assassination attempt on former President Trump.
Obtained by Pittsburgh-based WPXI, the gray, 12-button remote and smartphone were recovered from the roof of the Butler, Pennsylvania, building he used as a sniper’s perch.
A Secret Service team fatally blasted the murderous loner after he shot Trump in the ear and killed an innocent rally goer over the weekend.
The remote is believed to have been linked to an explosive device inside Crooks’ car, but it never detonated.
