text:  I feel like I really only saw him talking to the same people. I don't really think I ever saw him go out of his circle, never pecked frights or anything like that. Crooks was a registered Republican but had donated $15 to a Democratic group in 2021. He doesn't appear to have had any criminal record. And authorities have said so far that there are no signs of mental health issues and that they found no threatening language on Crooks' social media accounts.