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This wasnt even that long ago (slrpnk.net)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Source? NY Times, Reuters, and BBC all claim that, and they tend to do decent research. I haven't looked into donation records myself, but if three big, respected news agencies all report the same thing, I tend to believe them. It is possible that they're all basing it off the same, wrong source since it's a breaking story, so I'll give you that, but I'll need more proof than a random lemmy comment.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He was 17 when that happened, and you aren't allowed to make that category of donation, in PA, until 18. Second there is a ZIP code attached to the public record of all donors, the ZIP for the only Thomas Crooks is one for a district in Pittsburgh. This district has one Thomas Crooks, a 69 year old man. While Thomas Crooks the shooter is from Bethel Park. I have screen shots of the information, but every time I try to post an image in the comment it just doesn't show up.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. Have you reached out to the relevant news agencies to correct the record? They could probably verify with a quick call to the 69yo Thomas Crooks.

But I guess that's the nature of early information. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll refrain from further assumptions until I get more concrete information. The investigation is, afterall, ongoing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I got this information from other places. It has been circulating for some hours now. However, Looking at it again, for these comments, I realized 15102 is Bethel Park, so it was the shooter, however he made the donation under age, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://imgur.com/a/6HGeXbB

a link to the two screen shots

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks! I hope we'll get more reliable information soon from the investigation. It would be good to know if this is an isolated incident, or if the individual got involved in some extremist group. Cases like this seem to be individual actors, but it could always be a cell of some variety.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I got this information from other places. It has been circulating for some hours now. However, Looking at it again, for these comments, I realized 15102 is Bethel Park, so it was the shooter, however he made the donation under age, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I got this information from other places. It has been circulating for some hours now. However, Looking at it again, for these comments, I realized 15102 is Bethel Park, so it was the shooter, however he made the donation under age, I guess.