Former President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, was shot in the ear in an attempted assassination during a campaign rally on Saturday 13 July, 2024.
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| Former US President, Donald Trump, pumps fist in the air saying “fight! fight! fight!” after being shot in the ear during his campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday 13 July, 2024. Photo: AP via bbc.com |
This attack on Mr Trump will likely reshape this year’s US Presidential race.
Trump was swarmed and covered moments after the shooting by his security agents.
With his blood splashed on his face, the former US President pumped his fist in the air saying “fight! fight! fight!”
The Trump Campaign later revealed, he was “doing well” and appeared to have suffered no major injury apart from a wound on his upper right ear.
Reuters disclosed:
Early on Sunday the FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the “subject involved” in what it termed an attempted assassination. He was a registered Republican, according to state voter records.
The suspect was shot dead by Secret Service agents, the agency said, after he opened fire from the roof of a building about 140 metres from the stage where Trump was speaking. An AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle was recovered near his body.
One person who attended the rally was killed and two other spectators were critically wounded, the Secret Service said.
