So, Thomas Matthew Crooks, this dude with a pretty messed up history, tried to do something really bad at a Trump rally, and everyone's now wondering if the cops could've stopped him sooner. Turns out, he was spotted a bunch of times before he started shooting, which is pretty weird, right?
When Tommy Boy Was First Seen
On the day of the big event, this guy Crooks, who couldn't even get into a high school shooting club (talk about a red flag), was hanging around the rally area. A police sniper even took a pic of him chilling on a roof just half an hour before he started causing trouble.
What the Cops Did (Or Didn't Do)
The sniper told the bosses about him, but for some reason, they didn't jump into action right away. Now everyone's looking at them like, "What the heck, guys?" because maybe they could've stopped him before he started firing.
Tommy's Vanishing Act and the Cops Who Saw Him First
Someone else in a uniform had thought Crooks was acting fishy earlier, but then he disappeared. It's like playing a really intense game of Where's Waldo, except it's