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 State for the next year. Crossman Jr. is accused of killing three of his family memebers in Pawlet, Vermont on September 15. Although the exact incident leading to the revocation is unclear, the Vermont State Police affidavit released after Crossman Jr.’s murder arrest reveals his pattern of concerning behavior.

According to the affidavit, on September 15, Crossman Jr’s sister Rachael told Vermont State 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. ”

The affivavit also read that a Vermont State Police detective interviewed Robert Taylor Jr, a friend of Crossman Jr’s now-deceased father Brian Crossman Sr. Taylor stated that three years ago when he and Crossman Sr. were on the latter’s property, “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’. “

NEWS10 inquired about what specific incident led Crossman to lose his firearm rights through an Extreme Risk Order of Protection (EROP). We were told by Washington County officials those records are sealed and attorneys will contact us. The county’s District Attorney Tony Jordan told NEWS10’s Zion Decoteau that this was a civil action was filed by the New York State Police.

By day’s end Thursday, Crossman Jr waived extradition rights. Crossman Jr will be extradited to Vermont at a later date to face three counts of aggravated murder charges.

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