If not for those meddeling patriots alerting a cop that there was a shooter on that roof and that cop alerting that sniper and that sniper blowing yearicks brains out Yearick would have been snuck out of there and Crooks would have been swatted within hours.
Think that over and put the puzzle pieces together.
It would seem typical to have Crooks blow himself up at his home with the IED's he supposedly had. I think Crooks name and identity were to get the blame, and Crooks was to survive as well, and live the rest of his life under a new identity. Crooks is likely still alive, and using the assumed identity they had ready for him.
It very well could be. That kid may be worth something to them???