Donald Trump : Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally on July 13, in a chaotic and shocking incident that will fuel fears of instability ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania’s Bethel Park, according to US media.
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Crooks was named by the FBI “as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump”.
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Donald Trump- The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood smeared across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the gunman and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured.
The Republican candidate raised a defiant fist to the crowd as he was bundled away to safety and said afterwards “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.”
Donald Trump : Shots fired at Trump rally The FBI identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas. Matthew Crooks