Open-source intelligence analysts reported that Crooks didn’t appear to use mainstream social media channels such as Facebook or Instagram and had an almost negligible internet footprint, which is highly unusual for a 20-year-old. Instead, analysts said that Crooks corresponded with friends and associates on a Discord server that they were now trying to access.
Discord servers are restricted ring-fenced sections of the internet. They are often used by gaming groups and communities as secure chat rooms but are also used by fringe organisations to push their ideologies and discuss wild conspiracy theories and plots.
If you’re telling the truth then I called it last night when I said the shooter was a disillusioned QAnon-Head mad at Trump. I mean it’s easy to guess because they’re the only ones who are armed and do adventurism.
Something similar was my first though when I read the news this morning. QAnon has fractured in some bizarre and spectacular ways since Jan 6th especially and there’s any number of reasons some of those rabbit-holed spin-offs don’t like Trump now
Search tmcrooks03 on DuckDuckGo. Look for the Instagram link and read the description. The cache still shows the profile text, even though the account has been taken down.
Here’s a screenshot fwiw
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/87f6f099-7393-4e8a-9b9e-7d060c681880.jpeg
