As a result of the assassination attempt, one spectator was killed and two others were injured. All the victims were men. The shooter turned out to be 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from the Bethel Park district of Pennsylvania. He acted alone. According to the FBI, Crooks was listed as a Republican, but in 2021 he donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, an organization that supported Democrats. Assassination attempts on Trump? Any new details? The shooting was conducted from the roof of a barn about 120 m from the stage where Trump was speaking. Two bursts of gunfire were heard: five and then three. According to some experts, Trump's guards did not pay enough attention to security from the roof, which allowed the shooter to go unnoticed. Incumbent President Joe Biden cut short his trip and returned to the White House. He discussed the incident with Trump, the details of their conversation are unknown. Biden condemned the assassination attempt, stressing
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