Cracking the phone used by Thomas Matthew Crooks offered some leads but did not hold any immediate evidence of motive, people familiar with the matter said.
Supporters of former president Donald Trump put up signs in support of him and his vice-presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance , in Bethel Park, Pa., where the Trump rally shooter is from. , according to people familiar with the investigation who described the ongoing race to find any clues to the 20-year-old’s, of Bethel Park, Pa., but they did not describe the technology behind that effort.
The phone was a relatively new model, which can be harder for law enforcement to access than old phones because of newer software, according to technology experts. In many federal investigations, it can take hours, weeks orIn the Crooks case, which was an urgent priority for both the FBI and Cellebrite, the contractor’s technology was able to open it in less than 40 minutes, the people said.
Kelly Little, 38, who lives across the street from the Crooks family, said on Tuesday that she recalls seeing a “Trump” sign in the family’s yard some time ago. She couldn’t remember exactly when the sign appeared, but she said it stood out to her because political yard signs are rare on her corner. Jim Knapp, who worked at Bethel Park High School for 30 years, said he was Crooks’s guidance counselor for his last three years at the school. He described his former student as “quiet”, “intelligent,” “cooperative” and “well-spoken.”
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