JUST IN: Shooter Sent Shocking Messages Foreshadowing Attack On Trump: ‘Will Be My Premiere’

As authorities work feverishly to piece together the motives behind the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, the FBI has said it’s uncovered proof that the shooter left an ominous warning about his plans just hours earlier.

Thomas Crooks, a recent high school graduate who fired eight rounds at Trump from an AR-15 rifle before being shot and killed, wrote an open message to other players on a video game platform known as “Steam” on July 13th, shortly before he opened fire, according to Fox News. “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds,” Crooks allegedly wrote, authorities confirmed.

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Since the shooting, the FBI has said it obtained access to Crooks’ phone and laptop where agents may have located the evidence of his online statement. “Steam” is a virtual store where users can communicate with one another. Search history obtained from the laptop shows Crooks was seeking out information about both the Republican and Democratic national conventions before he struck out for Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Senators who were briefed on the investigation said that a political ideology has still not been ascribed to Crooks, an unusual development given the historical precedent of shooters targeting U.S. presidents over political beliefs. Instead, former classmates say, Crooks appeared agnostic to both major parties and critical of the options America faces for leaders today. His household held an array of identities; Crooks was a registered Republican, but his father is a libertarian and his mother is a Democrat. Others have noted that Crooks most recently made a small donation to a progressive advocacy group supporting President Joe Biden.

FBI officials have also disclosed that they located a second cell phone belonging to Crooks which had just 27 listed contacts. Agents are in the process of locating and speaking with the individuals who were called, they told the senators.

Days before the shooting, Crooks’ parents called law enforcement saying they were worried about their son’s well-being and could not find him. Fox News reported on Wednesday that both parents are cooperating with the FBI as they spearhead the search for a motive behind Crooks’ deadly shooting spree, but what they exactly told authorities in advance remains uncertain.

Amy, a local Republican activist, told the outlet about an encounter she had with Crooks earlier in his yard that left her nonplussed. “I think it was about a month and a half ago,” she said. “He was just like this; he was just walking with his head down … and at one point he turned his head, and he just kept his head down.”

Although she and her husband set their alarms to wake up in time for President Trump’s rally in Butler later that day, Amy admitted something “didn’t feel right” and they chose to stay home. “I set my alarm for 5 a.m., and I had my clothes out, ready to go. I was just going to throw them on, not even to do makeup, nothing, put my hat on, and I was going to drive up and meet up with friends,” she said.

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