What you need to know _Thomas Crooks: the boy who Attempted to Assassinate Donald Trump

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  • Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
  • Who were the victims in the shooting?
    One person was killed and two others were injured in the shooting.
    All three victims are adult men and were audience members, CBS News reports.
    At a news conference on Sunday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro identified the deceased victim at Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief who was killed when he "dived on his family" to protect them.
    He said that Comperatore "died a hero".
    A GoFundMe page, organised by the Trump campaign's national finance director Meredith O'Rourke, was set up in the hours after the attack with donations going to the families of the injured.
    It has so far raised more than $340,000 (£267,000).
    In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said he was "shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear" and said he felt the bullet "ripping through the skin".
    Blood was visible on Trump's ear and face as protection officers rushed him away.
    Trump is "doing well" and is grateful to law enforcement officers, according to a statement published on the Republican National Committee (RNC) website.
    How far was he from Donald Trump?
    One witness told the BBC that he had seen a man - believed to be Crooks - with a rifle on the roof of a building before Trump was shot.
    Video footage obtained by TMZ shows the moment the shooting began.
    The assailant opened fire with “an AR-style rifle”, CBS News reports.
    Law enforcement sources also told CBS that he was reported by a bystander and identified as a suspicious person by police, but that officers lost track of him before the shooting began.
    However, the FBI says it did not immediately know what type of firearm was used or how many shots were fired.
    A Secret Service sniper returned fire and killed the gunman, officials said.
    Footage later shows armed officers approaching a body on the roof of the building. #uspolitics #donaldtrumpnews #donaldtrump #uselection #uselections2020 #uselections2024 #uselectionresults #uselection2020 #uselections #uselectionresults2020 #uselection2024 #politicstoday

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