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DEFIANT ONE. A defiant Former President Donald Trump raises his clenched fist as Secret Service agents swarm around him after he was shot by a 20-year old assassin during a rally. AFP20-year old shooter, 1 supporter killed; 2 others hurt
President Joe Biden, who is set to face Trump in November’s deeply polarized election, said the incident was “sick” and added that there was “no place in America for this kind of violence.”The FBI has identified the gunman, who was shot dead, as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, according to a statement cited by US media early Sunday. His motive remains unknown.
The FBI confirmed in a press conference that the shooting was being treated as “an assassination attempt against our former president, Donald Trump.”His father Matthew Crooks told CNN that he was trying to establish “what the hell is going on,” and would not comment until he spoke to law enforcement.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” Trump said.He later could be seen walking unaided from his plane, though his wounded ear was not facing the camera in video footage posted by his deputy communications director. The New York Times reported that he was staying the night in New Jersey.
In neighboring France, President Emmanuel Macron called the assassination a “tragedy for our democracies.”Russia called on the United States to “take stock” of its “policies of incitement to hatred,” while using the assassination attempt to denounce Washington’s military support for Ukraine. Biden cut short a weekend trip to his Delaware beach house to return to Washington. He will receive an updated briefing from security officials on Sunday morning, the White House said.
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