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English: A diagram illustrating the approximate locations of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks (red), Donald Trump (black), the Secret Service Counter Sniper Team (blue), fatally injured Corey Comperatore (dark red), and critically injured victims (yellow) during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July 2024
On July 13, 2024, at a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, Crooks shot at Trump with an AR-15–style rifle from a nearby rooftop while Trump was giving a speech. Crooks wounded Trump's ear and killed one attendee while critically injuring two others before being killed by a Secret Service counter sniper team. His motive remains unknown.
Trump was said to be fine as he was being evaluated at a hospital Saturday night, the Secret Service said in a statement. The shooter was "neutralized" by Secret Service agents and is dead, it said.
He was killed by a U.S. Secret Service agent shortly after opening fire. Thomas Matthew Crooks identified by FBI as gunman behind attempted assassination of Trump at Western Pa. rally
[94] [95] [86] [96] Secret Service agents lunged toward Trump and shielded him. After the assailant was declared "down", agents helped Trump get up. Blood was visible on his ear and face. He asked the Secret Service agents to let him get his shoes. [97] According to Trump, the agents "hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are ...
The shooter is dead, the Secret Service confirmed on X. The FBI identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The predominantly white, relatively well ...
Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old Pennsylvania resident whose motives remain unclear, was identified by the FBI as the sole suspect in the Trump assassination attempt.
The shooter was dead, one rally attendee was killed and two other spectators were injured, the Secret Service said in a statement. Trump, 78, had just started his speech when the shots rang out.