Trump assassination LIVE: Man killed at Trump rally identified as Corey Comperatore, ex-fire chief

Trump rally shooting LIVE: The Pennsylvania shooting, carried out as an alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump, left one bystander and the gunman dead.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures as he is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP)

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• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:22 PM

  Trump assassination LIVE: Melania Trump breaks silence after attack on Trump

  Courage and common sense must ascend and unite Americans in spite of opposing political opinions, Melania Trump said in a statement Sunday.

  The former first lady issued her comments after Donald Trump was attacked at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump said he was shot in the right ear, a harrowing episode that shook the US presidential campaign and drew bipartisan condemnation of political violence.

  “When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron’s life, were on the brink of devastating change,” she said in a statement.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:01 PM

  Trump assassination LIVE: Victim killed in Trump rally identified as Corey Comperatore

  Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro, paid tribute to the victim of the Donald Trump rally shooting, 50-year-old former fire chief Corey Comperatore, stating that Corey "died a hero."

  "We lost a fellow Pennsylvanian last night, Corey Comperatore," Shapiro said. "I just spoke to Corey’s wife and Corey’s two daughters. Corey was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community. And most especially, Corey loved his family."

  Corey was a dedicated supporter of the former president and had been looking forward to attending the rally. During the tragic event, Corey heroically protected his family, diving on them to shield them from harm. "Corey was the very best of us," Shapiro said. "May his memory be a blessing."

  To honour Corey Comperatore, Shapiro announced that flags would be flown at half-staff throughout Pennsylvania.
• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:02 PM

  Trump assassination attempt: Which weapon was used? Biden's haunting tweet before the attack causes frenzy

  Just hours before the harrowing incident struck Trump at his Pennsylvania rally, where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks apparently opened fire with an “AR-style” semiautomatic rifle at the former president, Biden shared a tweet that now occupies a haunted space on social media.

  President Biden’s cursed post, which, as internet users would call it, “didn’t age well.”

  “I want to ban assault weapons and require universal background checks. Trump promised the NRA that he’d do nothing about guns. And he means it,” the commander-in-chief wrote on the micro-blogging platform.

  Law enforcement officials reportedly recovered an “AR-style” semiautomatic rifle from the scene in Pennsylvania. As one of the most notoriously recognised weapons, the AR-15 has been at the centre of many US mass shootings in the past. Related to the automatic military combat M-16 rifle, this weapon infamously killed 59 people during the October 2017 Las Vegas attack. It was also responsible for gunning down five people at the anti-LGBTQ+ November 2022 attack in Colorado Springs.

  Read more here: hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/which-weapon-was-used-in-trump-assassination-attempt-see-bidens-haunting-tweet-before-the-attack-that-didnt-age-well-101720962464577.html

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:12 PM

  Trump assassination attempt LIVE: Melania Trump breaks silence on Trump attack, ‘When I watched that violent bullet…’

  Melania Trump released an exclusive statement via social media on Sunday morning, July 14, after the harrowing events of the Butler rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Breaking her silence, the former First Lady not only addressed her fellow Americans but also expressed her thoughts after witnessing the heart-rending “violent bullet" strike her husband, Donald Trump.

  Addressing the nation's divisive political state, she urged citizens to “remember that when the time comes to look beyond the left and the right, beyond the red and the blue, we all come from families with the passion to fight for a better life together while we are here, in this earthly realm.”

  She also thanked the Secret Service agents for risking their lives to protect Trump. “When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realised my life, and Barron's life, were on the brink of devastating change. I am grateful to the brave secret service agents and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives to protect my husband.”

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:10 PM

  Trump assassination attempt LIVE: ‘Worst negligence in history’ or an ‘inside job’? Conspiracies take flight

  Unwarranted cases of political violence almost always give birth to unfounded conspiracy theories and speculations that simply come into being out of thin air. The unprecedented Saturday attack on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, is now being labelled the “most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential campaign since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.”

  Social media lit up in speculative debate without a second thought, alleging the incident was “staged” and particularly masterminded months ahead of the 2024 general elections to rope in sympathy for Trump, racing forward for his re-election bid.

  Blood on “Biden's hands,” an inside job with a registered Republican voter, or a major security lapse? Read more here: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-assassination-attempt-a-result-of-the-worst-negligence-in-history-or-an-inside-job-conspiracies-take-flight-101720954660798.html

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:59 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Thomas Crooks was a registered Republican, his graduation ceremony goes viral

  20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the would-be assassin who shot former President Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. Social media is now abuzz with visuals of the graduation ceremony.

  State voting records showed Crooks was a registered Republican. He reportedly grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a village about 40 miles south of Trump's rally on Saturday.

  The school district confirmed Sunday morning that Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022. Footage of his graduation ceremony and his yearbook photo have now gone viral online.

  With ongoing investigations, it remains unclear why he attempted to assassinate the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:36 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Trump confirms campaign plans despite harrowing incident, will speak at Wisconsin conference

  Former President Donald Trump confirmed his re-election bid campaign plans for the week in a statement shared on his social media platform.

  “Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness. Our love goes out to the other victims and their families. We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed. In this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and now allowing Evil to Win. I truly love our Country, and love you all, and look forward to speaking to our Great Nation this week from Wisconsin,” Trump wrote on TruthSocial.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:28 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Republican National Convention still on after assassination attempt

  The Republican National Convention will proceed as scheduled in Milwaukee on Monday, July 15, despite an apparent assassination attempt against presidential hopeful Donald Trump at Butler rally in Pennsylvania.

  Trump's campaign statement reads: “President Trump looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee as we proceed with our convention to nominate him to serve as the 47th President of the United States.”

  ““As our party’s nominee, President Trump will continue to share his vision to Make America Great Again.”

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 02:57 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: MAGA brands legacy media complicit in harrowing assassination attempt

  Several leaders called out the left wing and legacy media, holding them responsible for Trump’s harrowing assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

  Sen Tim Scott (R-S.C.) wrote on X/Twitter that the attack was “aided and abetted by the radical Left and corporate media.”

  Robert F Kennedy Jr’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, though a critic of Trump’, also blamed the “DNC and legacy media” for inciting hysteria “ripping this country apart.”

  Additionally, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bashed journalists for failing to call the rally incident an “assassination attempt.” Simultaneously, she claimed that Democrats were complicit in the attack on Trump as they have “wanted Trump gone for years and they’re prepared to do anything to make that happen. “

  Read more: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/maga-attacks-left-wing-legacy-media-branding-them-complicit-in-trump-assassination-attempt-101720949332821.html

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:44 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Mike Waltz alleges Alejandro Mayorkas ‘denied’ extra Secret Service protection

  Florida GOP Rep. Mike Waltz has alleged that the Secret Service was urged to increase the protection for Donald Trump, but it was denied by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:24 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Who was 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks?

  The shooter who wounded Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was registered as a Republican, according to a voter-registration record. He was a resident of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania, and is believed to have graduated in 2022 from Bethel Park High School. That year, he reportedly received a $500 “star award” from the National Math and Science Initiative, according to The Tribune-Review.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:35 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Vivek Ramaswamy says US witnessed Trump's 'true character’

  Vivek Ramaswamy has shared a scathing statement after the alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump. He also shared words of condolences for the rally attendee who was killed in the shooting.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:05 PM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Trump campaign launches GoFundMe for victims

  The Trump campaign has launched a GoFundMe for the victims caught in the crossfire of the assassination attempt. “President Donald Trump has authorized this account as a place for donations to the supporters and families wounded or killed in today’s brutal and horrific assassination attempt. All donations will be directed to these proud Americans as they grieve and recover. May God bless and unite our nation,” the fundraiser reads.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:35 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Witness recalls spotting gunman before shooting unfolded, ‘I went and told the officer…’

  A witness to the shooting, who has not been identified, claimed he tried to warn a police officer twice about the gunman before the attack. “I seen a guy on top of one of the buildings go in between one building to the next and I went and told the officer that he was up there and when I went back to my spot I heard that people could still see the person…. And I went back to tell the officer that if he came over there he could see them and when I turned my back was when the shots started," the witness told CBS News.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:46 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Jeff Bezos praises former president's ‘grace and courage’
• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:41 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Former president seen for the first time since assassination attempt

  Donald Trump was seen for the first time hours after the assassination attempt as he arrived at Newark Airport on Sunday, July 14, just after midnight. He was seen waving while walking down the stairs of his private jet.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:38 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: New York State GOP chairman praises Trump's 'toughness'

  New York State GOP chairman Ed Cox has said that Trump’s response to the attack will win him respect. "Americans saw what Donald Trump was made of. It's going to energize us," Cox, the son-in-law of the late President Richard Nixon, said, according to New York Post.

  Cox said the incident reminded him of when former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot in 1912 during a speech. "He showed the toughness people like. You can only admire that. You can see him saying after getting shot, `Fight, fight. Keep fighting,'" Cox said, adding that "the whole nation" will watch Trump’s nominating speech scheduled this week.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:35 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Too early to say if assassination attempt was 'lone wolf' situation, officials say

  Officials have said it is too early to determine if the assassination attempt was a “lone wolf' situation. “Too early to say that. We have one shooter tentatively identified. We’re not stopping there. We’re following up on a lot of information, it will be some time until we can conclusively say (it was a single gunman),” Pennsylvania State Police LT. Col. George Bevins reportedly said.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:30 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Ivanka Trump shares emotional message for dad
• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:52 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Gunman ID'd as Thomas Matthew Crooks

  The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump has been identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, sources told New York Post. Crooks, of Bethel Park, was reportedly waiting on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage before opening fire. He was eventually killed. The FBI has yet to identify a motive behind the attack.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:55 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Newt Gingrich says it was like ‘watching a personal friend get shot’

  Former US speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was like "watching a personal friend get shot." Joining Sean Hannity on Fox News, Gingrich said, "His courage at walking off with the bleeding and putting up his fist and saying, 'Fight,' to remind the crowd that he was going on and as our champion he wanted us to go on with him."

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:40 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Ex-president to attend RNC convention next week despite attack

  Donald Trump will reportedly attend the RNC, which kicks off in Milwaukee next week, despite the attack that injured him, his campaign and RNC confirmed. “President Trump looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee as we proceed with our convention to nominate him to serve as the 47th President of the United States. As our party's nominee, President Trump will continue to share his vision to Make America Great Again,” a statement said, adding that Trump is "doing well and grateful to law enforcement and first responders for their fast action."

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:09 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Donald Trump Jr breaks silence

  Donald Trump Jr broke his silence on the assassination attempt in an X post. Take a look:

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:07 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Eric Trump breaks silence

  Eric Trump has spoken out after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania left his father, Donald Trump, injured. “Toughest man I have ever met,” he told Page Six.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:27 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Trump rushed off stage after apparent assassination attempt

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Donald Trump’s campaign has assured that he is “fine” following what law enforcement officials are investigating as an apparent assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

  On social media, Trump revealed that he was “shot with a bullet that grazed the upper part of my right ear.” The former president was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents, with his ear bleeding.

  A prosecutor reported that the suspected gunman and at least one attendee have died, while the Secret Service confirmed that two spectators are in critical condition.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:09 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Biden trying to reach Trump after assassination attempt

  "I've been thoroughly briefed by all the agencies in the federal government as to the situation based on what we know now. I have tried to get hold of Donald; he's with his doctors and doing well. I plan on talking to them shortly; I hope when I get back to the telephone," Joe Biden said.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:57 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: British PM Keir Starmer “appalled” by attack on Trump

  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he was “appalled” by the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in the US. "Political violence in any form has no place in our societies and my thoughts are with all the victims of this attack," the premier wrote on social media platform X.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:43 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: One bystander killed, shooter dead

  One of the attendees succumbed after receiving a bullet injury during the shooting at former US President Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, CNN reported. The shooter was also killed by Secret Services after the incident.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:32 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Donald Trump' breaks silence, ‘Felt the bullet ripping through the skin’

  Donald Trump has broken his silence following the attack. In a Truth Social post, he wrote, “I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country.”

  He added, “Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my 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 realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:21 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Trump supporter recounts horror

  "I heard about four shots and I saw the crowd go down and then Trump ducked also real quick. Then the Secret Service all jumped and protected him as soon as they could. We are talking within a second they were all protecting him," Ron Moose, a Trump supporter who was in the crowd, told Reuters.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:12 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: US President Biden condemns attack on Trump

  US President Joe Biden condemned the alleged assassination attempt against Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania rally, which reportedly also killed one bystander. "I'm grateful to hear that he's safe and doing well. I'm praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information," Biden said in a statement shortly after the incident.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:04 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Shooter killed by US Secret Service agents

  The shooter who fired shots at Donald Trump's rally was tackled and killed by the heavily armed Secret Service agents. No additional information about the shooter has been released to the public yet.

• Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:59 AM

  Trump rally shooting LIVE: Was Donald Trump injured by the bullet?

  While Donald Trump was seen covering his ear which was bleeding, it is still not clear whether he was injured by the bullets or not. He was immediately pulled form the stage after the firing incident.