 He was on CNN. The Wall Street Journal says the initial picture of Crooks, who was killed shortly after he opened fire, is one of a quiet loner who wasn't politically outspoken. The Journal asked three cyber intelligence analysts to search for Crooks' online footprint and they found little. A chess profile, an account for online coding classes, and a few gaming accounts were some of the only leads they could uncover. None discovered obvious ties to peer groups or organizations.