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Trump shooting live updates: Injured victim out of medically induced coma

One spectator was killed and two were hurt in Saturday's shooting.

Last Updated: July 14, 2024, 2:44 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 Saturday.

Blood splattered on Trump's face as Secret Service 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 was killed by snipers. One spectator was killed and two were hurt, officials said.

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    What we know about the shooting

    After conducting more than 100 interviews, searching the suspect's home and vehicle, and cracking into his cellphone, FBI investigators were still searching on Tuesday for the motive that led a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man to attempt to assassinate a former president. Read more here.

    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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    Jul 14, 2024, 2:31 PM EDT

    No motive known, Biden says

    President Joe Biden said he had a "short but good conversation" with former President Donald Trump on Saturday night in the wake of the shooting.

    "I am sincerely grateful that he’s doing well and recovering," Biden said in an address to the nation on Sunday.

    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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    No motive is known, Biden said, and he urged the public to not make assumptions.

    Biden stressed that he has called on the FBI to conduct a "thorough and swift" investigation, and he said "investigators will have every resource they need to get this done."

    Biden said he’s directed the head of the Secret Service to review all security measures for the Republican National Convention, which begins on Monday in Milwaukee.

    "We'll share the results of that independent review with the American people," Biden said.

    President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, July 14, 2024, about the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
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    He added, "I've been consistent in my direction of the Secret Service to provide [Trump] with every resource, capability and protective measure necessary to ensure his continued safety."

    Biden extended his "deepest condolences" to the family of the rallygoer who was killed and said he's "praying for a full recovery of those who were injured."

    Biden said he will speak from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday.

    Jul 14, 2024, 2:26 PM EDT

    Trump will leave for Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon

    Former President Donald Trump said he will head to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention on Sunday afternoon.

    Trump wrote on social media that he was going to delay the trip by two days, "but have just decided that I cannot allow a 'shooter,' or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else."

    -ABC News’ Kesley Walsh

    Jul 14, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT

    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

    Jul 14, 2024, 1:29 PM EDT

    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.

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