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Trump shooting live updates: Slain victim died protecting family, governor says

One spectator was killed and two were critically hurt, officials said.

Last Updated: July 14, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT

Federal authorities are investigating after former president Donald Trump was shot in an assassination attempt at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Secret Service agents swarmed Trump and ducked behind the podium. Blood could be seen on his right ear of Trump as agents surrounded him and led him off the stage to a waiting vehicle to whisk him away.

Trump is "fine," a spokesperson said. The alleged shooter is dead. One spectator was killed and two were critically hurt, officials said.

    Watch the ABC News special, "Trump Assassination Attempt Minute by Minute," Sunday at 8 p.m. ET

    8 hour and 1 minute ago

    What we know about the shooting

    A shooter opened fire on former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday. Trump is "fine," but one spectator was killed.

    Click here for what we know about the apparent assassination attempt.

    This aerial image shows the location of the stage at the Trump rally in Butler, Pa., and the suspected shooter's location on a rooftop near the venue.
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    12 minutes ago

    Biden rescheduling Monday trip to Texas

    President Joe Biden is rescheduling his Monday trip to Austin, Texas, where he was scheduled to deliver the keynote address at a commemoration for the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, according to the White House.

    This is Biden’s first rescheduled event in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. It also follows Vice President Kamala Harris postponing her Tuesday campaign stop in Florida.

    President Biden and Vice President Harris receive an updated briefing in the White House Situation Room from homeland security and law enforcement officials, Washington D.C., July 14, 2024.
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    Biden is expected to deliver remarks to the nation at 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday.

    -ABC News' Justin Gomez

    18 minutes ago

    Gun traced to shooting suspect's father, was legally purchased

    The firearm recovered at the scene of the Trump assassination attempt was legally purchased by the suspect’s father, an urgent trace conducted by ATF found, according to multiple law enforcement sources.

    The AR-15-style assault rifle was purchased by the suspect’s father in 2013, according to a source briefed on the investigation.

    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is moved from the stage at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
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    The shooter -- identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania -- had no military affiliation, according to the Pentagon.

    There were what "appeared" to be explosives in the suspect's car, which was parked outside the Trump rally, two sources told ABC News. One source said they looked like grenades, but the sources said they were awaiting forensic results about whether the items are actually explosives.

    52 minutes ago

    Suspect described as 'lonely,' 'quiet'

    Former classmates of the suspected shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, described him to ABC News as a student who was "quiet" and did not have many friends.

    "He was somebody who came across as lonely a lot," said Jameson Myers, who said he attended both elementary and high school with Crooks.

    Myers described him as "more socially reserved" and someone who "didn't have a ton of friends."

    But he said he never heard Crooks discuss politics or, specifically, Donald Trump.

    "I was friends with him. He never acted, like, by any means, a political revolutionary," Myers said. "Was a very nice, even sweet guy, from what I knew."

    Another classmate, Zoe Materkowski, said he was "just a quiet kid."

    Added Jason Kohler, a classmate: "He was a loner. He would sit alone at lunch."

    Another classmate described him as "smart" and "kind."

    -ABC News’ Olivia Rubin and Peter Charalambous

    8 hour and 4 minutes ago

    Victim killed at rally died protecting family, governor says

    The victim killed at the rally, Corey Comperatore, died a hero while protecting his family, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a news conference Sunday.

    The governor said Comperatore’s wife told him that Comperatore "dove on his family."

    Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump react after multiple gunshots rang out at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024.
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    Comperatore was a firefighter and dad of two daughters.

    Shapiro said he also spoke to the family of one of the two victims critically injured in the shooting.

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