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DONALD Trump has returned to his home in New Jersey after he was injured in an attempted assassination at a rally on Saturday.
Shots rang out as he was speaking at the event in Pennsylvania, sparking panic in the crowd as Secret Service agents swarmed the former president Trump, who emerged with a bloodied face, says he was shot in the ear, describing a “whizzing sound” and feeling a “bullet ripping through skin”
The male gunman was shot and killed by the Secret Service.
The FBI says it has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the “subject involved” in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
One spectator was killed at the rally and two others were critically injured. Authorities say the victims were adult males.
A witness told the BBC they saw a man with a rifle crawling on a nearby roof before shots rang out.
President Joe Biden has condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, calling on all Americans to denounce such “sick” violence.
Video shows Trump, the leading Republican presidential contender, dropping to the ground before standing up again and raising his fist to the crowd
Former US president Donald Trump was rushed off stage during a rally in Pennsylvania after a gunman fired multiple rounds from an “elevated position” a few hours ago.
Trump said a bullet pierced the “upper part” of his right ear, in a post on social media.
One person was killed and two others injured. All three victims are adult males, according to law enforcement.
The FBI has identified the suspected gunman, who was shot and killed by the Secret Service, as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
At an earlier press conference, FBI field officer Kevin Rojek confirmed that the incident was being treated as an assassination attempt.
Law enforcement officers were pressed on the response time to the gunman. State police said it’s “too early” to determine what happened as “everything unfolded very quickly.”
Rojek praised the secret service on site and state and local partners, saying they reacted “immediately.”
State police said they’re following up on reports that a witness saw the shooter on the roof. (BBC)
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July 14, 2024
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