Crossman's troubled history before losing gun rights

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Thursday a Washington County Court revoked Brian Crossman Jr.'s right to own or purchase a firearm in New York for the next year. But a Vermont State Police affidavit outlines Crossman Jr.'s storied pattern of red flag behaviors prior to this, and before allegedly killing his parents. 

NEWS10 inquired about what specific incident led Crossman to lose his firearm rights. We were told by county officials those records are sealed and attorneys will reach out to us.

Last Friday Crossman was apprehended as a fugitive of justice in New York, for fleeing Vermont who wanted him for the alleged aggravated murders of his father, stepmother, and teenage stepbrother in Pawlet. A Vermont State Police affidavit released shortly after Crossman Jr’s arrest sheds light on the dark path leading to his gun rights revocation. 

On September 15, Crossman’s sister Rachael told Vermont police that, "Crossman Jr was extremely concerning. Crossman Jr has expressed extreme forms of aggression towards others in the past and throughout his life.”  

Rachel Crossman went on to recall an incident where “Crossman Jr was seated on the front porch of his residence in Granville, New York and would make a gun gesture with a hand, pointed passing cars and yelled bang while pretending to shoot the passing cars.”

Rachael stated that “Crossman Jr has always shown an interest in death. And that he tortured frogs and kittens in the past.”

A Vermont State Police detective interviewed Robert Taylor Jr, a friend of Crossman Jr’s now-deceased father. Taylor stated that 3 years ago after he and Crossman senior had returned from a hunting trip, “Crosman Jr had obtained the firearm that Taylor kept in his truck and was pointing the firearm directly at them and looking through the scope. Taylor yelled at Crossman Jr as he approached him, and later discovered that Crossman Jr had loaded the magazine that Taylor kept in the center console of his truck into the firearm. Taylor confronted Crossman Jr about the dangers of pointing a firearm at someone. Crossman Jr initially said he was just looking through the scope but then later stated something to the effect of ‘one of these days I'm going to kill him’. Taylor asked, ‘kill who?’ And Crosman Jr replied 'My father'.

By day's end Thursday, Crossman Jr waived extradition rights. Crossman Jr will be extradited to Vermont to face murder charges.