PENNSYLVANIA ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SUSPECT IDENTIFIED The police also found explosives in the gunman’s car and residence
Authorities have confirmed the identity of the gunman who shot former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on Saturday.
The shooting is being investigated as an attempted assassination by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which identified the suspect as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb some 40 miles from the former president’s campaign rally where the incident took place.
The shooter was killed by Secret Service personnel, the U.S. Secret Service said in a statement, adding that one spectator was killed in the incident, while another two were critically injured.
The police also found explosive devices in the gunman’s car and in his residence, local media quoted sources familiar with the matter as saying.
As of Sunday, the rally site and nearby streets remained cordoned off.
Witnesses to the shooting say more than a dozen shots were heard and recall mass uncertainty for a short period.
Trump was rushed off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday after gunshots rang out through the crowd. The former president is “fine” and was checked out at a local medical facility after the shooting incident during a rally, his campaign said in a statement