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Trump rally shooting: What we know - shooter identified; 2 critical injuries; Melania statement

  • Donald Trump was injured in the right ear when a sniper opened fire Saturday with an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop about 400 feet outside a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania.
  • One spectator was killed and two others were "critically injured," the Secret Service said.
  • The FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the person behind the assassination attempt.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was recovering after he was injured in the right ear when a sniper opened fire Saturday. July 13, with an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop about 400 feet outside a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania. One spectator was killed and two others were "critically injured," the Secret Service said.

Donald Trump issued a statement Saturday night expressing gratitude to the U.S. Secret Service agents and law-enforcement officials who responded after the shooting that took place at his rally.

"Our love goes out to the other victims and their families," Trump said in a statement on Truth Social on Sunday morning, July 14.

Here is everything we know today, July 14, on the shooting at Trump's rally in Pennsylvania.

Live blog: Trump says 'God alone' spared him after brazen rally shooting

Former president Donald Trump said Sunday that "God alone" had spared him from a brazen assassination attempt, an act of political violence the likes of which America has not seen since an attack on President Ronald Reagan's life 43 years ago.

Read full story here with live updates:Trump says 'God alone' spared him after brazen rally shooting

Donald Trump's statement after shooting at Pennsylvania rally

An annotated photo showing what appears to be a projectile passing by Donald J. Trump during a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. Michael Harrigan, a retired FBI special agent, said during an interview that this image captured by Doug Mills, a New York Times photographer, seemed to show a bullet streaking past the former president during a campaign rally in Butler on Saturday. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Donald Trump issued a statement Saturday night expressing gratitude to the U.S. Secret Service agents and law-enforcement officials who responded after the shooting that took place at his rally, in which he was injured while one rally attendee was killed and another wounded.

Read full statement here: Trump thanks law enforcement, offers prayers and expresses condolences after shooting at rally

Florida Republicans, Democrat lawmakers express outrage, defiance over Trump shooting

U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, R-DeLand, wrote that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee "walked off like a Boss." U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is on the short list of those being considered by Trump for the vice president spot on the ticket, wrote that "God protected President Trump."

Read more on Florida lawmakers responses to Trump shooting: Florida Republicans, Democrat lawmakers express outrage, defiance over Trump shooting

Supporters flock to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach after Trump shooting at rally

Supporters of former President Donald Trump flocked to his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach on Saturday night after the former president was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.

A caravan of Trump supporters from Miami was due to arrive Sunday afternoon, July 14, at Mar-a-Lago in a further show of support.

Read full story here: Mar-a-Lago after shooting at Trump rally - Supporters flock to Palm Beach

Melania Trump issues statement, condemning assassination attempt, calling for unity

Melania Trump released a statement Sunday, July 14, asking for unity following Saturday's assassination attempt on her husband, former President Donald Trump.

The former first lady offered her condolences to the victims, condemned the attack and encouraged people to look beyond political lines, writing, "Dawn is here again. Let us reunite. Now."

Read the full story: Melania Trump issues statement, condemning assassination attempt, calling for unity

Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks identified

A 2020 yearbook depicting Thomas Matthew Crooks on the page at right, second row, is displayed by Bill Ranft near the intersection of Highland RD and Milford DR, Sunday, July, 14, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania where Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, once lived.

A 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania fired multiple shots at former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday evening. A bullet grazed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's upper right ear, leaving him bloodied but not seriously injured.

The FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the person behind the assassination attempt. Agency officials released little additional information, saying its investigation remains active and ongoing. They did not indicate what Crooks' motive might have been.

Read full story here:Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks identified - What we know

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Kamala Harris postpones scheduled visit to Palm Beach County to talk abortion rights

Vice President Kamala Harris has postponed a trip planned for this week to Palm Beach County to meet with Republican women voters because of Saturday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania, according to a campaign source.

“In light of the horrific shooting in Pennsylvania, the vice president’s planned campaign trip to Florida has been postponed,” a Biden-Harris 2024 aide said on background late Saturday night.

Read full story here: Kamala Harris postpones scheduled visit to Palm Beach County to talk abortion rights

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