FBI confirms ‘assassination attempt’ against Donald Trump at rally
The former president was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania, and has since returned home to New Jersey, FBI confirms.
“This evening we had what we are calling an assassination attempt against our former president Donald Trump,” Special Agent Kevin Rojek told reporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was holding a rally when shots rang out.
In the meantime, the FBI has identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania, US media reported early Sunday.
Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally on Saturday, in a shocking incident that will fuel fears of instability ahead of the 2024 US presidential election.
President Joe Biden, who is set to face Trump in November’s deeply polarized election, said the incident was “sick” and added that there was “no place in America for this kind of violence.””We cannot be like this,” Biden said.
