The director of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s lab resisted a reporter’s persistent requests for access to Thomas Crooks’ autopsy records.
As AbleChild reported: “The Butler County Coroner is not a medical examiner and cannot conduct an autopsy. Therefore, the alleged shooter’s body was shipped to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner to perform the autopsy.”
Thomas Crooks was fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper on July 13 after firing eight shots at President Trump and attendees at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Crooks was able to climb on top of a roof next to Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally and put Trump in his scope.
The FBI left Crooks’ body on the roof of the AGR building overnight. The Butler County Coroner arrived early the next morning to identify the body.
The FBI also sprayed the roof to get rid of biological evidence from where Crooks was shot dead.
Ten days after the attempted assassination of President Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks’ body was released by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner to his family for cremation.
The director of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s lab resisted a reporter’s ongoing efforts to obtain autopsy records for Thomas Crooks.
“After reviewing Mr. Silva’s request, I informed our Medical Secretary, Alane Barringer, that she should tell Mr. Silva the case was under the jurisdiction of the Butler County Coroner, and the Butler County Coroner would have to approve the request,” the lab director said.
Pennsylvania law says “Employees of an agency shall be directed to forward requests for records to the open-records officer.”
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