The gunman pointed his rifle at a local officer before shooting Trump during the rally, sources told AP.

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called for harmony and flexibility Sunday, an effort of his day that added unused confusion to an already tumultuous presidential campaign and a good look at how a gunman prepared. Raised questions. The fire could be discovered from a rooftop, like at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

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A full hour after the shooting, the gunman’s motive was still a mystery, and investigators said they believed he acted recklessly. President Joe Biden ordered a separate security assessment of the attack, which killed one bystander and seriously injured two others. The FBI was investigating the photographs as a possible employment of domestic terrorism.

The attack rocked the American political system, causing reassessment and tension in what will at least soon be a heated 2024 presidential campaign that has become more and more dangerous.

Republican presidential nominee Trump said the upper part of his right ear was pierced by a bullet. His aides said he was in “very good mood” and doing well, and he flew to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, which begins on Monday.

“I immediately knew something was wrong, I heard a whizzing sound, a shot was fired and immediately felt the bullet pierce the skin,” he wrote on his social media web page. “There was a lot of blood loss.”

In a subsequent social media post on Sunday, Trump said: “In this moment, it is more important than ever that we remain united, and show our true character as Americans, to be strong and determined, and not let evil win.” ”

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The rally goer who was murdered was known as Corey Comparator, a former fireplace man from the area, according to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who said Comparator “died a hero.”

“His wife shared with me that she helped him protect his family,” Shapiro said. He declined to talk about the condition of two other people who were injured.

Meanwhile, Biden spoke briefly with Trump and was scheduled to address the family on Sunday night. The president said the country would continue to talk and right the wrongs, but stressed: “We have to unite as a nation to show who we are.”

The FBI is investigating the photos as possible domestic terrorism

The FBI identified the gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Soil, Pennsylvania, 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the shooting site.

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The gunman had his father’s AR-style rifle and was sitting on a nearby rooftop when some rallygoers turned him on to local law enforcement, two police officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Told about the incident. Felony investigation.

An area law enforcement officer climbed onto the roof and located the assailants, who pointed a rifle at the officer. Officials said the nearest officer was unhurt and backed up the stairs and the gunman suddenly opened fire in Trump’s direction. That’s when gunmen from the US undisclosed provider shot him, officials said.

Questions are being raised as to how the gunmen on the playground could have become so similar in the first place. Kevin Rozek, agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Ground Office, said “it’s surprising” that the shooting was discovered at the scene of the shooting before the gunman was killed by the unidentified attacker.

Bomb-making material was found inside each criminal’s car and at his home. The FBI described the gadgets as “rudimentary”.

Their purpose remained unclear. The crooks were not on the FBI’s radar, and were believed to have left. Investigators are checking her social media feeds and her home, but have not found any threatening writings or posts yet. The public is supporting him.

The political inclination of the miscreants has also reduced. The data shows Crooks was registered as a Republican voter in Pennsylvania, but federal campaign finance reports also show he gave $15 to an ambitious political action committee on January 20, 2021, which At the time President Joe Biden was sworn in as President. ,

The lack of a sunlit ideological motive heightened deeper questions regarding the shooting, depriving people of any quick or clear conclusions about the shocking crime.

Biden instructed American citizens to remain patient. “I urge everyone – please, don’t make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations,” he said.

Maximum serious murder attempt since 1981

The attack was the most serious attempt to attack a president or presidential candidate since the shooting of Ronald Reagan in 1981. It drew new attention to concerns about political violence in a deeply polarized America less than four months before the presidential election. ,

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said agents were seeing an increase in violent rhetoric online since the rally and individual families posing online as the shooter, who has died.

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“We are also focusing on continuing efforts – which were already substantial, given that they are national security special events – for conferences in Chicago, Milwaukee,” he said.

Biden on Sunday ordered a security assessment of the Republican National Conference operations, which are continuing as planned. The undisclosed provider said they were “confident” in the security plan for the RNC, and that false alternative changes were planned.

Trump flew to untouched Jersey after visiting the neighboring Pennsylvania Medical Institute, and will land in Newark sometime the next night. Video posted by an aide shows the former president watching his private jet drive past heavily armed men of unidentified provider brokers and the company’s Counter-Strike employees who stormed through his security facility. The pressure is surprisingly eye-popping.

Biden, who is running against Trump, said the two men had a “short but good” conversation Saturday night. Biden cut the weekend short at his seaside home in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware, to return to Washington, where he said during an address Sunday afternoon that “there is no place in America for this kind of violence.”

“We can’t let that happen,” Biden said.

But many Republicans tentatively blamed the violence on Biden and his allies, arguing that Trump’s continued attacks on him as blackmail for freedom have created a toxic situation. He pointed specifically to a comment Biden made to donors on July 8, saying “it’s time to put Trump in doubt.”

A person familiar with those comments said the president was seeking to build on the goal that Trump would get away with a bright public event in the next hour-long debate week, given the president himself is facing intense scrutiny from many even within his own party. had to face. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to speak more freely about personal conversations.

In the donor name, Biden said: “I have one job and that is to defeat Donald Trump… I’m absolutely confident that I’m the best person to be able to do that.”

Biden continued: “So, we’re done talking about the debate. Now is the time to take on Trump. He’s been doing nothing but driving around in his golf cart for the last 10 days, bragging about scores he didn’t make…I won’t be attending his golf games anyway.”

But it is unclear whether Biden will be forced to reframe a campaign that has largely been rosy about Trump as blackmail for freedom. This is a situation America can no longer afford to isolate since Teddy Roosevelt was shot an hour before the election in the week of 1912, trying to regain white territory as a third-party candidate. Were staying.