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CNN —A local police officer saw the gunman on the rooftop during former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally on Saturday but was unable to engage him, Butler County Sheriff Michael T. Slupe told CNN’s Pamela Brown on Sunday. Slupe said that Butler Township officers received calls about a suspicious person outside the perimeter of the rally and went looking to find that person. The initial calls did not indicate the suspicious person had a gun, he said. During the search for the suspicious person, officers with township police discovered that the gunman was on the roof, and one local officer hoisted another to get up to the ledge. Had he known there were any threats of a gunman, Slupe said, he would have done “everything to stop him (Trump) from coming out.”
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Butler County Sheriff Michael T, Slupe, CNN’s Pamela Brown, Trump, ” Slupe, Organizations: CNN, Butler County Sheriff, Trump, intel, Service Locations: Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania, Butler County, Butler
The FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the man who shot at Donald Trump. Crooks was a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pa., and was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe FBI said it had identified the man who shot at former President Donald Trump, who had been speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Crooks was shot dead at the scene by a Secret Service sniper after he fired from "an elevated position" outside the rally venue.
Persons: Thomas Matthew Crooks, Donald Trump, Crooks, Organizations: FBI, Secret Service, Republican, Trump, Service, Secret, The New York Times, Business Locations: Bethel Park, Pa, Butler , Pennsylvania, Bethel Park , Pennsylvania
Forty-three seconds after the first shot was fired, a Secret Service agent said the shooter was down. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. McCormick was whisked into the venue through a private entrance manned by members of the Secret Service. “This is a big crowd — this is a big, big, beautiful crowd,” Trump said at the start of his speech. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesCrooks had climbed onto the flat rooftop of a light beige, single-story commercial building roughly 150 yards to the north of the rally stage.
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The Biden campaign and Democrats across the party scrambled Sunday to determine how to adjust their plans to counter messaging at the Republican National Convention, which had been in the works for some time. Stunned Biden campaign officials huddled and decided to pause all outbound communications and pull down TV ads. The campaign urged staff in a memo to “refrain from issuing any comments on social media or in public.” Sources described the mood within the White House and the Biden campaign as “shock” as they put their response into motion. The Biden campaign has yet to decide when to resume its advertising campaign against Trump after pulling the ads on Saturday. Sen. Chris Coons, a close Biden ally and co-chair of the Biden reelection campaign, called for a lowering of the political temperature.
Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, , Biden, Sen, Chris Coons, , ” Biden, He’s, Trump, That’s, Kamala Harris, General Merrick Garland, Alejandro Mayorkas, NBC’s Lester Holt, Harris Organizations: Washington CNN, Biden, Republican National Convention, CNN, Trump, GOP, White, Rehoboth Beach , Delaware –, House, Press, FBI, Republican Party, Service, , Sunday, Homeland, White House, Republican Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Rehoboth Beach , Delaware, Rehoboth, Delaware, America, Canada, China, United States, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Palm Beach , Florida
“I will Never Surrender!” Mr. Trump wrote in a text message to supporters. And Mr. Trump is preparing to name his running mate and formally claim his party’s nomination for the third consecutive election. Vance of Ohio, who is on the shortlist of candidates that Mr. Trump is considering as a running mate, wrote on X. “An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Mr. Biden said. Mr. Trump had assured Malphine Fogel, who lives in Butler County, that he would help get her son home.
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The Associated Press reported one attendee was killed during a shooting at a Trump rally. AP reported a suspected shooter, in addition to the rally attendee, was killed. AdvertisementThe Associated Press reported one person was killed during an incident at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, during which the former president was whisked offstage following what sounded like gunshots from the crowd. AP, citing the Butler County District attorney, reported a suspected shooter was also killed following the incident. CNN also reported the suspected shooter, as well as a rally attendee, were killed.
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CNN —Authorities have identified the gunman involved in the attack against former US President Donald Trump on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting. The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally. Crooks fired on Trump while perched on a nearby building rooftop outside the rally’s security perimeter, before being killed by the Secret Service, according to law enforcement officials. Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, according to a local media report and a video of the school’s commencement. When reached by CNN late Saturday night, Crooks’ father, Matthew Crooks, said he was trying to figure out “what the hell is going on” but would “wait until I talk to law enforcement” before speaking about his son.
Persons: Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, Trump, he’d, Thomas Crooks, Crooks ’, Matthew Crooks, ” Kevin Rojek Organizations: CNN — Authorities, Secret Service, FBI, Trump, Secret, Bethel Park High School, Republican, Commission, Democratic, CNN Locations: Bethel Park , Pennsylvania, Butler, Newark , New Jersey, Bethel, Federal, Pittsburgh
The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday was identified by the F.B.I. as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pa., but officials released no additional information about him. The gunman did not have a criminal history reflected in Pennsylvania’s public court records, and officials said they had not identified a motive. Mr. Crooks was killed after he fired from “an elevated position” outside the outdoor rally venue where Mr. Trump was speaking, according to the Secret Service. Law enforcement officials recovered an AR-15-type semiautomatic rifle near the body of a white man they believe was the gunman, according to two law enforcement officials.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks Organizations: Progressive, Democratic, Secret Service Locations: Pennsylvania, Bethel Park, Pa, Pittsburgh, Butler
CNN —Former President Donald Trump was injured in a shooting during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt. Go around to the spare.” (“Spare” refers to a spare limousine.) Male agent 2: “Hawkeye’s here.” (“Hawkeye” is the code name for the counter assault team.) Male agent 2: “Sir, we’ve got to move to the car, sir.” 6:12:42 p.m. Trump: “Let me get my shoes.” 6:12:43 p.m. Trump campaign deputy communications director Margo Martin posts a video of Trump disembarking from a plane in Newark, writing on X: “Strong and resilient.
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Butler —, Butler, “ He’s, He’s, , indistinctly, , Let’s, Brendan McDermid, Evan Vucci, Anna Moneymaker, we’ve, Josh Shapiro, Margo Martin Organizations: CNN, Republican National Convention, Republican Party, Trump, Secret Service, Trump’s, Memorial Hospital, CNN Pennsylvania, America Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, Newark , New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Evans, Butler, Newark
A man fired “multiple shots” toward the stage during former President Donald J. Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday at around 6:15 p.m., killing one spectator and critically injuring two others, according to the Secret Service. Mr. Trump was rushed off the stage, blood visible around his right ear. An analysis by The New York Times suggested that the gunman had fired eight shots. The Secret Service said its personnel had killed the shooter. identified the man as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, Mr, Donald Trump, ” Kevin Rojek, Thomas Matthew Crooks Organizations: Secret, Service, Federal Bureau of, Police Department, The New York Times Locations: Butler, Pa, Bethel Park
Washington CNN —President Joe Biden said he is grateful former President Donald Trump is safe after a shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania. Speaking from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, about two hours after the shooting, Biden said, “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence.”“It’s sick,” the president added. Biden and Trump spoke late Saturday night, a White House official said. He’ll receive an updated briefing from homeland security and law enforcement officials on Sunday, the White House official said. It’s unconscionable,” a senior White House official told CNN.
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(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage by the Secret Service at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday after loud cracking noises were heard. The Secret Service later said Trump was safe, and Trump's campaign said he was at a "local medical facility." "The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe," Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a social media post. "This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available." Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign's communications director, said "President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act.
Persons: Donald Trump, Anna Moneymaker, Trump, Anthony Guglielmi, Steven Cheung, Joe Biden Organizations: Secret Service, Service, Trump, White, NBC Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania
Former President Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he had been “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear” at his rally in Butler, Pa., describing his experience in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. Mr. Trump was just minutes into his speech when shots were fired. In his post, he said he “knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin.”The former president, who was rushed off the stage with blood on his right ear and his face, added that “much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”In his post, Mr. Trump extended his condolences to the family of the person attending his rally who was killed, and to the family of “another person that was badly injured.”
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Shooting at a Trump Rally in Pennsylvania: Diagrams, Maps and PhotosThe Associated Press; Photograph By Doug Mills/The New York TimesFormer President Donald J. Trump was whisked off the stage at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday after an armed person fired shots toward the area where he was speaking. The New York TimesThe rally took place on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show in Western Pennsylvania, about 35 miles outside of Pittsburgh. In a statement, a spokesman for the Secret Service said that one spectator at the rally was killed and two were critically injured. The suspected shooter was killed by the Secret Service, according to three people who had been briefed on the matter. Eric Lee/The New York TimesFollow live Times coverage of the shooting here.
Persons: Doug Mills, Donald J, Trump, Witnesses, Eric Lee Organizations: Trump, Press, New York Times, Secret Service, Secret Locations: Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Unsubstantiated claims about what took place at Saturday’s rally in Butler, Pa., immediately flooded social media after former President Donald J. Trump was carried off the stage after shots were fired. Without providing proof, the social media posts blamed shadowy figures on the left for targeting Mr. Trump, and built on ideas circulated by Mr. Trump that the “deep state,” or a cabal within the government, was seeking to stop him from returning to office. The unverified claims surfaced on platforms including Gab, Truth Social and Parler, which are favored by the far-right, as well as on X, Telegram, Facebook and Instagram. “Watch for emotional language.”Law enforcement officials will require time to investigate what happened at the rally. Video from the event appears to show Mr. Trump falling to the stage and bleeding from his ear before being escorted away by Secret Service agents.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, ” Roberta Braga Organizations: Mr, Facebook, Digital Democracy Institute of, , Secret Service Locations: Butler, Pa
Americans received a sobering reminder on Saturday of the threat that political violence poses to our democracy. There is much we don’t know yet about the gunman and the shooting, which is being investigated as an attempted assassination. Violence is antithetical to democracy. Ballots, not bullets, should always be the means by which Americans work through their differences. Saturday’s attack should not be taken as a provocation or a justification.
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump Locations: Butler, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Photographers captured former President Donald Trump with thin streaks of blood on his face as he was rushed away by Secret Service members after shots were fired while he was onstage at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The Trump campaign in a statement Saturday evening said Trump was "fine" and that he is "being checked out at a local medical facility." Here are photos of the incident:
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Secret Service, Pa . Photographers Locations: Butler, Pa, Pennsylvania
Leaders across the United States and the world condemned the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday at his rally in Butler, Pa. President Biden, a wide array of prominent Democratic figures and other political opponents of the former president were among those who quickly condemned the violence, called for national unity and prayed for Mr. Trump’s safety. Mr. Biden, who was being briefed by national security officials in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, issued a written statement later in the evening. “I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania,” Mr. Biden said in the statement. I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally.”He continued: “There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.”
Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, , Donald Trump’s, ” Mr, “ I’m, Organizations: Democratic Locations: United States, Butler, Pa, Pennsylvania, America
The city of Butler, a blue-collar town that was built on steel, has been trying to get a foothold economically in recent years after struggling to reinvent itself following a loss of industry in recent decades. Home to about 13,000 people, the city is perched on the banks of Connoquenessing Creek, about a 50-minute drive northeast of Pittsburgh. But the county that the city sits within has been changing over time, becoming both more educated and more prosperous. Broader Butler County’s population of nearly 200,000 remains about 95 percent white, according to the Census Bureau, but the nonwhite share of the population has been slowly growing. The county has been becoming more heavily educated — about 38 percent of adults there now have a bachelor’s degree, slightly higher than the 34 percent average nationally.
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Doug Mills, a veteran photographer for The New York Times who has been taking photographs of presidents since 1983, was only feet away from former President Donald J. Trump at the rally in Butler, Pa., when shooting started. The former president was maybe an hour late. Donald J. Trump arrived, waving to the crowd, just like any other rally he does. There’s a pool of photographers, maybe four of us, who were in what is called the buffer area just a couple feet from the former president. We were all jostling around in there trying to get our normal pictures.
Persons: Doug Mills, Donald J, Trump, Victor Mather Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Butler, Pa
Trump could be seen on video contracting his body to the right, clutching his ear and dropping to the ground. What appeared to be blood could be seen on the right side of Trump's head. One spectator from the rally is dead, and a second is in serious condition, according to the Butler County district attorney. President Joe Biden delivered remarks on Saturday evening, saying "There's no place in America for this kind of violence." CNBC's politics reporters, video team and breaking news reporters will be covering this story live from New York and Washington, D.C.
Persons: Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Secret Service, NBC Locations: Butler County, America, New York, Washington
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 in Beverly Hills, California, May 6, 2024. Elon Musk posted on X that he "fully" endorses Donald Trump moments after the former president and presumptive Republican nominee was rushed off stage by secret service members following gunshots at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," Musk wrote on X, which he owns. Musk also compared Trump to Theodore Roosevelt, who survived an assassination attempt while campaigning for president in 1912. Musk also said at that event that Trump "does call me out of the blue for no reason."
Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Trump, Musk, Theodore Roosevelt, Joe Biden's Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Republican, Trump, NBC, Bloomberg, PAC, America PAC, Forbes Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Pennsylvania, Butler County, Lago, Palm Beach
Secret Service said former President Donald Trump is "safe" after a shooting at a campaign rally. A Trump spokesperson told BI the former president is "fine" and "being checked out" at a local medical facility. AdvertisementDonald Trump is doing "fine" following a shooting at a Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a Trump spokesperson told Business Insider in an email. "President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act," the spokesperson said. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Donald Trump, , Trump Organizations: Service, Trump, Business Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania
Donald Trump was rushed off the stage after an incident at his campaign rally on Saturday. Dramatic photos show Trump with blood on his face. AdvertisementShocking photos show the aftermath of an incident at a Donald Trump rally that left the former president with blood on his face. Former President Donald Trump was rushed off the stage at his Butler, Pennsylvania, rally just after 6 p.m. Saturday after a series of pops rang out. Secret Service agents were photographed rushing to Trump's aid, and blood splatter was visible on his face, especially around his ear.
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Organizations: Secret, Service, Secret Service, Business Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania
Former President Donald Trump was injured Saturday after a shooting at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The incident took place moments after he took the stage at the rally. After loud bangs were heard, Trump fell to the ground and was covered by Secret Service agents. The Secret Service says Trump is safe and under protective measures. The shooter was killed by the Secret Service, and a rally attendee was also killed, according to a Secret Service source.
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Steven Cheung, Richard Goldinger Organizations: Secret Service, Service Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Butler County
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