Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: REBECCA DROKE / AFP
Donald Trump is safe and a shooter and a male adult bystander dead after multiple shots rang out at a rally by the Republican presidential candidate in Pennsylvania.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the "subject involved" in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, it said in a statement on Sunday.
Two other men were critically injured.
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said a bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear.
"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, so I realised then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!"
Trump has now left the area where the shooting occurred, and footage has been posted by one of his staff of him walking unaided down the steps of his plane.
Multiple inquiries are underway. The FBI is the lead investigator and its director, Christopher Wray, has briefed US President Joe Biden and the National Security Council. The Secret Service is under scrutiny over potential failings in how it handled security at the site of the rally, the BBC says.
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