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BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — On the heels of an apparent attempt to kill him, former President Donald Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience as shocked leaders across the political divide recoiled from the shooting that left him injured but “fine” and the gunman and a rally-goer dead.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates.
BUTLER, Pa. — A day after the shocking assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, a nation is left wondering whether the political polarization that has gripped the country has grown too severe.
What we knowFormer President Donald Trump injured in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally yesterday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump, who emerged with a bloodied face, said he was shot in the ear, describing a "whizzing sound" and a “bullet ripping through skin." The FBI said the shooter, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was immediately killed by the Secret Service.The shots at Trump were fired from an elevated position outside the Secret Service's security perimeter for the venue, three senior law enforcement sources told NBC News. A spectator was killed and two were critically injured in the shooting, the Secret Service said, although it did not provide further details about the victims.President Joe Biden called the shooting "sick" and condemned political violence. He spoke with Trump later in the day.
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The assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday has shocked the world. The former president was bundled bloodied from the stage by secret service agents after a bullet clipped his ear.
The man who could end up being Donald Trump’s running mate was quick to directly blame President Joe Biden for the apparent assassination attempt at the former president’s rally on Saturday in Pennsylvania.
The FBI has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the “subject involved” in the shooting during Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The former president was shot in the ear but said he was “fine” despite the injury.