Thomas Matthew Crooks behind assassination attempt on Trump

The FBI has named Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa the suspect in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

Reports indicate that one person has died as a result of the attack while two others sustained several degrees of injuries.

The FBI say they are treating the incident as an assassination attempt.

Trump’s campaign in a post on social media said “I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place”.

AP news reports that “The attack was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. It drew new attention to concerns about political violence in a deeply polarized U.S. less than four months before the presidential election. And it could alter the tenor and security posture at the Republican National Convention, which will begin Monday in Milwaukee”.

Trump flew to New Jersey after visiting a local Pennsylvania hospital, landing shortly after midnight at Newark Liberty International Airport. Video posted by an aide showed the former president deplaning his private jet flanked by U.S. Secret Service agents and heavily armed members of the agency’s counter assault team, an unusually visible show of force by his protective detail.

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