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

Last Updated: July 16, 2024, 4:00 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.

    11:19 AM EDT

    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.
    ABC News

    10 hours and 34 minutes ago

    Scalise says Secret Service director should resign

    House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he believes Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle should resign.

    "I've been very disappointed in her and her lack of candor," Scalise told Politico. "I think the American people need to see whatever the answers are. Tough questions, you got to take the tough questions. You take a position like that … you can’t have a bad day."

    Scalise said the Secret Service "should have been out publicly right away" and addressing the press after the shooting.

    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024.
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    "You had the local law enforcement giving a press conference, frankly, being asked questions that the head of the Secret Service should have been asked," he said. "And she, you know, kind of was nowhere to be found during that period, and yet they took those tough questions. She's got to answer tough questions. You can't hide from them."

    Scalise was shot and wounded at a congressional baseball practice in 2017.

    -ABC News’ Mike Pappano

    10 hours and 47 minutes ago

    Trump has spoken to relative of man killed at rally

    Former President Donald Trump has spoken to a family member of Corey Comperatore, the 50-year-old firefighter who was killed at Saturday’s rally, a source told ABC News.

    Comperatore leaves behind a wife and two daughters. His funeral is set for Thursday.

    -ABC News’ Rachel Scott

    10 hours and 51 minutes ago

    State police provided 'all resources' Secret Service asked for

    The Pennsylvania State Police said it provided "all resources" the Secret Service asked for ahead of Saturday’s rally.

    The Secret Service's requests included about 30 to 40 troopers to help secure the inside perimeter, the state police said.

    The state police said it "was not responsible for securing the building or property at AGR International," which was the building from which the shooter fired from the roof.

    10 hours and 52 minutes ago

    Trump's Secret Service protection had been increased prior to assassination attempt due to Iran threat: Sources

    The Secret Service in recent weeks had increased Donald Trump's security detail due to intelligence indicating there was an Iranian threat to assassinate the former president, according to three officials familiar with the matter.

    There is no indication the plot was related to Saturday's shooting.

    The sources have suggested Iran has been making these types of threats since the assassination of Iranian military officer Qasem Soleimani in January 2020.

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    A drone view during the police investigation into gunfire at a campaign rally of Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., July 14, 2024.
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    -ABC News’ Luke Barr, Katherine Faulders, Aaron Katersky and Shannon Kingston

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