Former President Donald Trump Survives Assassination Attempt at Pennsylvania Campaign Rally. Secret Service Sniper Takes Down Shooter.
Former President Donald Trump was injured after being shot during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. A bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear. The shooter was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He was fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper on the scene. One spectator was killed, and two others were critically injured. Investigators are still working to determine a motive, but have found no known connections to foreign or domestic terror groups for the shooter. His political leanings are also still unclear. Local law enforcement and the FBI continue to investigate the incident, searching the shooter's home and background for clues about a potential motive.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:03Former President Donald Trump was injured after being shot during an assassination attempt
00:07at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
00:10A bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear.
00:13The shooter was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
00:19He was fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper on the scene.
00:22One spectator was killed, and two others were critically injured.
00:26Investigators are still working to determine a motive, but have found no connections to
00:30foreign or domestic terror groups for the shooter.
00:33His political leanings are also still unclear.
00:36Local law enforcement and the FBI continue to investigate the incident, searching the
00:40shooter's home and background for clues about a potential motive.
00:43For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.