Donald Trump has described feeling a bullet “ripping through the skin” of his ear after he was shot in a failed assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania.
One spectator was killed and two others were injured after shooting rang out during a speech by the former US president in the city of Butler.
The FBI has identified the suspected gunman as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot and killed by the Secret Service at the scene.
Here's everything we know so far
One spectator was killed and two others were injured after shooting rang out during a speech by the former US president in the city of Butler.
The FBI has identified the suspected gunman as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot and killed by the Secret Service at the scene.
Here's everything we know so far
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00:00The shots heard around the world. Former US President Donald Trump has survived a dramatic
00:08attempt on his life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. As shots ring out, Trump puts
00:12his hand to his ear before being swarmed by secret servicemen who jump on top of him.
00:17The shots appeared to come from outside the arena, with one witness saying they saw a
00:20man with a rifle crawling on a nearby roof. This shocking photograph shows a bullet whipping
00:25by the former president's face, just inches from its target. Mr Trump confirmed on Truth
00:30Social that a bullet had pierced the top part of his right ear and that much bleeding took
00:35place. But others were not as lucky as the former president, with one attendee dying
00:39and two in a critical condition. As Donald Trump is led off stage by his security team,
00:43with his face covered in blood, he shouts, Fight! to the crowd, who respond with massive
00:47cheers. The FBI have named the suspected gunman, who was shot dead by secret service agents,
00:54as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, although they do not know why he carried out his attacks.
01:11State records show that Mr Crooks was a registered Republican and lived just 70km from Butler
01:16in a town called Bethel. US President Joe Biden said that he condemned the attempt on
01:20his opponent's life.
01:21World leaders have also voiced their outrage. Sir Keir Starmer said,
01:50I am appalled by the shocking scenes at President Trump's rally and we sent him and his family
01:55our best wishes. Political violence in any form has no place in our societies and my
01:59thoughts are with all the victims of this attack. Whilst Ukrainian President Volodymyr
02:03Zelensky said on X, I am appalled to learn about the shooting of former President Donald
02:08Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania. Such violence has no justification and no place anywhere
02:13in the world. Never should violence prevail. With a giant security presence, Donald Trump
02:17was escorted back to his home in New Jersey. But as night falls across the United States,
02:21investigations will just be beginning on an event that may have changed the course of
02:25the US election.