BREAKING! See Name Of Suspect Who SHOT Donald Trump During Campaign Rally
On Saturday, Donald Trump, a former US President was shot during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania and the FBI has identified one of the suspects involved.
According to reports, the shooting at Donald Trump’ s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials say.
One attendee was killed and two were critically injured. Trump said on social media that a bullet ” pierced the upper part” of his right ear before agents whisked him off stage.
The Secret Service said it killed the suspected shooter, who attacked from an elevated position outside the rally venue.
The FBI named 20- year- old Thomas Matthew Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt. The agency said the investigation remains active and ongoing.
Meanwhile, Trump’ s private jet landed shortly after midnight Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Video posted by an aide showed the former president deplaning, flanked by U. S. Secret Service agents and heavily armed members of the agency’ s counter assault team.
It was an unusually visible show of force by his protective detail.
Trump planned to spend the night at his private golf club in nearby Bedminster, New Jersey.
Meanwhile, within minutes of the rifle fire at Trump’ s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Republican anger at the shooting turned to admiration at Trump’ s instinctive response and then jubilation at his defiance, a reaction that underscored the persecution his supporters feel and the instantaneous manner of how even the most grave news is processed.
By sundown, and without concrete reporting about the deceased shooter’ s identity, Republicans were openly faulting their political opponents for the incident.
” We will not tolerate this attack from the left, ” said Rep. Mike Kelly (R- Pa. ), who was present at the rally.
The accusation was as raw as it was remarkable. It evoked the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which many Democrats immediately ascribed to the right- wing hostilities the then- president confronted in Dallas…… CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING