The investigation is ongoing. Assassination attempt About former President Donald Trump I attended the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday night. — This is the first time he has appeared in public since he was born. Shot and wounded At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
The crowd at the convention cheered President Trump. I put a bandage on my ear. Since being shot on Saturday.
Trump also showed up at the convention on the second night, still with a bandage over his ear and surrounded by noticeably beefed-up security.
Details are emerging about the moments leading up to the shooting. According to footage analyzed by CBS News, bystanders alerted law enforcement to the gunman on the roof of a building about 410 feet from the stage at least two minutes before the first shot was fired at Trump.
The photo was taken by a sniper from a local tactical team deployed to support the U.S. Secret Service at the rally. gunman And I saw him looking at me through the rangefinder a few minutes ago. Attempted assassination According to CBS News, a local law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the incident told the former president:
The sniper was one of three members of a local tactical team stationed inside the building the shooter used in the attack, police said. According to the operation plan, they were stationed inside, looking out the windows toward the rally and scanning the crowd. Details about the three snipers were first reported by local news outlet BeaverCountian.com.
The FBI is investigating whether the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was a politically motivated domestic violent extremist, and investigators are still scrutinizing his background. Justice Department officials told reporters that investigators have the shooter’s cellphone and are examining it at the FBI’s Quantico, Virginia, lab.
A federal law enforcement bulletin obtained by CBS News identifies the shooter as a “lone attacker” and warns that violent extremists could attempt “follow-up or retaliatory” attacks in the coming months related to the November election.
The gunman killed him Cory ComperatoreFirefighters. Trump and two others, Marine Corps veteran David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74, were injured.
