FBI photos: Thomas Crooks’ rifle broken down as was likely done for transport and the backpack recovered onsite.
![[Image: IWFSMeA.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/IWFSMeA.jpg)
Rifle type:
Make: DPMS - Panther Arms
Model: A-15
Caliber: 5.56x45mm/.223 Remington Semiautomatic
Two improvised explosive devices as initially discovered in Thomas Crooks’ car trunk. The receiver for remote detonation was in the “off” position; devices had several problems in the way they were constructed.
![[Image: z6Kz5vi.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/z6Kz5vi.jpg)
Photo from the Allegheny County, PA Police Department.
The air conditioning unit Thomas Crooks’ used to access the roof of the AGR building. The subject accessed the roof by climbing on the tan machine on the far right side of the photo.
![[Image: qSHX3T9.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/qSHX3T9.jpg)
Note: This photo taken by FBI Pittsburgh is not an evidence photo. It was taken during a tour of the site in the days following the shooting.
Details of equipment here: Butler Investigation Evidence Photos
Rifle type:
Make: DPMS - Panther Arms
Model: A-15
Caliber: 5.56x45mm/.223 Remington Semiautomatic
Two improvised explosive devices as initially discovered in Thomas Crooks’ car trunk. The receiver for remote detonation was in the “off” position; devices had several problems in the way they were constructed.
Photo from the Allegheny County, PA Police Department.
The air conditioning unit Thomas Crooks’ used to access the roof of the AGR building. The subject accessed the roof by climbing on the tan machine on the far right side of the photo.
Note: This photo taken by FBI Pittsburgh is not an evidence photo. It was taken during a tour of the site in the days following the shooting.
Details of equipment here: Butler Investigation Evidence Photos
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell