Trump Rally Shooting: FBI identifies 20-year-old as suspect

The FBI has identified the shooter in the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump as 20-year-old, Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania, US media reported early Sunday.

“The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the FBI said in a statement.

Trump was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania, with Secret Service agents swarming the former president after a series of gunshots.

He was quickly bundled off stage and into a waiting vehicle and has since returned home to New Jersey.

He is “doing well” and is grateful to law enforcement officers, according to a statement published on the Republican National Committee (RNC) website.

The FBI say they are treating the incident as an assassination attempt on Trump.

In a post to his Truth Social network, Trump said a bullet pierced the “upper part” of his right ear.

“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” Trump wrote. “Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”

The FBI statement added that the incident is an “active and ongoing investigation.”

Pennsylvania police say there are no further threats following the shooting.

The suspect was shot dead at the scene by a US Secret Service sniper, the agency’s spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said.

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Bullet pierced upper part of my right ear – Trump