The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into "an assassination attempt" against former US President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, authorities said in a news conference a few hours after the incident, reports Reuters.
"This evening, we had what we're calling an assassination attempt against our former president, Donald Trump. It's still an active crime scene," Kevin Rojek, special agent-in-charge of the FBI Pittsburgh field office, said during a press conference. There is no existing threat after the shooting, the official added.
Trump was shot in the ear during a Saturday campaign rally. The shooter was dead, one rally attendee was killed and two other spectators were injured, said George Bivens, deputy commissioner of operations for the Pennsylvania State Police.
The FBI later identified the shooter in the assassination attempt as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania, US media reported.
"The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania," the FBI said in a statement quoted by NBC and CBS.
Crooks was a registered Republican, according to state voter records.
