SPEAKS WITH THE MAN WHO SHOT IT. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF THOMAS CROOKS BEFORE SATURDAY’S SHOOTING AT THE TRUMP RALLY IN BUTLER, NEW VIDEO OBTAINED EXCLUSIVELY BY PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR, APPEARS TO SHOW CROOKS LURKING IN THE AREA AN HOUR BEFORE HE OPENED FIRE. A SEEMINGLY SIMPLE VIDEO CAPTURING SATURDAY’S LARGE CROWD IN BUTLER ALSO SEEMINGLY CAPTURING A MUCH MORE SINISTER MOMENT. I WANTED TO PAN THE CROWD BECAUSE IT WAS A MASSIVE CROWD, SO I WAS JUST TAKING IN THE MOMENT. SO THIS WAS BEFORE THE SHOOTING, OBVIOUSLY HAD NO IDEA HOW THAT DAY, HOW THAT DAY WOULD END. LET’S WALK YOU THROUGH THIS VIDEO. YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON FOUR THE MAN WHO CAPTURED IT ALL, NOT WANTING TO SHOW HIS FACE ON CAMERA, HE SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO CAPTURE THE CROWD AND TAKE IT ALL IN. BUT IF YOU TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, YOU’LL NOTICE SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE TIMESTAMP IS 506 AND THE VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW 20 YEAR OLD THOMAS CROOKS LURKING NEAR A BUILDING JUST PAST THE SECURE PERIMETERS OF THE EVENT ITSELF. AS THE VIDEO PANS TO THE CROWD, YOU’LL NOTICE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES STATIONED IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE CAMERA MOVES BACK TOWARDS THE BUILDING. CROOKS APPEARS TO BE SEEN AGAIN. BLINKEN YOU MAY MISS IT, BUT IT LIKELY SHOWS CROOKS WAS IN THE AREA FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BEFORE THE SHOTS WERE FIRED. WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO LAST NIGHT, WHEN I WAS GOING BACK THROUGH MY MY VIDEO CLIPS AND SAW HIM, I WAS CHILLED TO THE POINT WHERE I COULDN’T FALL ASLEEP RIGHT AWAY AND I DIDN’T SLEEP WELL. UH, THERE’S THERE’S SOMETHING, SOMETHING REALLY WENT WRONG WITH THIS. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAY CROOKS WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THE ROOF BY CLIMBING OVER AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR HAS LEARNED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT THOMAS CROOKS WAS SPOTTED AT THE RALLY, PHOTOGRAPHED AS SUSPICIOUS, AND OFFICERS WERE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR HIM WHEN HE MADE HIS WAY ONTO THE ROOF AND FIRED AT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND AGAIN, FEDERAL OFFICIALS TELL US THEIR INVESTIGATIO