Trump shooting updates: Shooter flew drone near site hours before shooting

One spectator was killed and two were hurt in the shooting on July 13.

ByIvan Pereira, Mark Osborne, Kevin Shalvey, Emily Shapiro, and Leah Sarnoff
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Last Updated: July 24, 2024, 4:49 PM EDT

Federal authorities are investigating after former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

The alleged shooter was killed by snipers. One spectator was killed and two were hurt, officials said.

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
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    Jul 14, 2024, 7:24 AM EDT

    RNC security plans to be reexamined, senior official says

    Officials on Sunday will be reexamining security plans for the Republican National Convention to determine whether any changes need to be made in light of Saturday’s assassination attempt, a senior federal official told ABC News.

    People walk outside the Fiserv Forum ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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    The convention is scheduled to begin Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Security details could be altered ahead of the event, including the number of agents and snipers deployed to the locations used by people under U.S. Secret Security protection.

    Officials may also decide whether events outside the convention perimeter should be canceled, moved or have enhanced security measures.

    -ABC News’ Aaron Katersky, Josh Margolin and Pierre Thomas

    Jul 14, 2024, 7:13 AM EDT

    Trump’s daughter decries 'political violence'

    Former President Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany said that "political violence is never the answer," as she thanked members of the Secret Service and law enforcement for "fearlessly" intervening on Saturday.

    "Please include the families of the victims in your prayers," she said on social platform X. "As you saw today, my father is a fighter and he will continue to fight for you and the USA."

    The former president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., said in a separate statement on social media that the shooting should "get the same attention" as the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

    -ABC News' Oren Oppenheim and Kevin Shalvey

    Jul 14, 2024, 6:26 AM EDT

    Suspect was registered as Republican voter, state records show

    Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspect in Saturday’s shooting, was registered as a Republican voter, according to Pennsylvania records.

    -ABC News’ Charlotte Slovin

    Jul 14, 2024, 2:23 AM EDT

    'Thought they would search the houses,' resident near Trump rally shooting says

    A Butler County resident whose house is one of the closest properties to the scene of the Trump rally shooting said she was surprised that the Secret Service did not search her home ahead of the event.

    "I thought that would be something that they would do since I live so close," Carol Kerr, 82, told ABC News by phone early Sunday morning.

    Kerr's house on Meridian Road is roughly a quarter of a mile from both the stage where the former president was speaking on Saturday and the location where the shooter is believed to have been firing from.

    "I thought they would search the houses that are as close as mine is," Kerr said. "At least check them out and see if you have anything in your house which is dangerous, which I don't."

    -ABC News' Jared Kofsky

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