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The shooter was identified as 20-year-old [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]] of [[Bethel Park, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Yee-2024" /><ref name="Barnes-2024">{{Cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Julian E. |last2=Gold |first2=Michael |last3=Levien |first3=Simon J. |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Live Updates: Trump 'Safe' After Shooting at Rally; Suspect Killed |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713223053/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Reuters-2024" /><ref name="Gurman-2024" /> Crooks fired from the roof of a nearby building located outside the rally venue, and fired eight rounds from an [[AR-15–style rifle]] before being killed by a [[Secret Service Counter Assault Team]] [[sniper]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nesi |first1=Chris |date=2024-07-13 |title=See it: Sniper shot former President Donald Trump from 130 yards away on roof of manufacturing plant |url=https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/sniper-shot-at-former-president-donald-trump-from-130-yards-away-on-roof-of-manufacturing-plant/ |work=[[New York Post]]}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times-2024" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tanyos |first=Faris |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump rally shooter killed by Secret Service sniper, officials say |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooter-death-attendee-butler-county-da/ |access-date=July 13, 2024 |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714003233/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooter-death-attendee-butler-county-da/ |url-status=live}}</ref> One member of the audience was killed, and two others were critically injured.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Julian E. |last2=Gold |first2=Michael |last3=Levien |first3=Simon J. |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Live Updates: Trump 'Safe' After Shooting at Rally; Suspect Killed |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713223053/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After being shot, Trump ducked to the ground and was surrounded by [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] personnel before being helped to his feet by Secret Service with blood visible on his right ear. Trump pumped his fist in the air and shouted "Fight, fight, fight!"<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCreesh |first=Shawn |date=2024-07-14 |title=Amid the Mayhem, Trump Pumped His Fist and Revealed His Instincts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/donald-trump-rally-shooting-2024-campaign.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-14 |title=Five shots, then screams – before a bloodied Trump rose to shout ‘fight, fight, fight’ |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/07/14/donald-trump-shot-pennsylvania-rally-how-survived/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> before being hurried to a vehicle<ref name="Barnes-2024" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Layne |first1=Nathan |last2=Mcdermid |first2=Brendan |last3=Mason |first3=Jeff |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump shot in right ear at campaign rally, shooter dead |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sounds-multiple-shots-heard-trump-rally-pennsylvania-video-2024-07-13/ |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> and taken to a hospital. He was released in stable condition, and departed for [[New Jersey]] by plane.
Political scientists,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ma |first=Jason |title=Trump assassination attempt makes election win more likely, and Americans' willingness to use political violence may be highest since Civil War, Ian Bremmer says |url=https://fortune.com/2024/07/13/donald-trump-assassination-attempt-election-win-political-violence-civil-war-ian-bremmer/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |last2=Levien |first2=Simon J. |last3=Gold |first3=Michael |date=2024-07-14 |title=Shooting at Trump Rally Comes at Volatile Time in American History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-assassination-attempt-wounded.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> historians,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Diver |first=Tony |date=2024-07-14 |title=From Lincoln to Trump: The bloody history of US assassination attempts |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/07/14/history-of-us-assassination-attempts-from-lincoln-to-trump/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02" /> and political figures within both the Republican and the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Parties]]<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-14 |title=Some prominent Republicans lay blame on Democrats after Trump rally shooting |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/prominent-republicans-lay-blame-democrats-trump-rally-shooting-rcna161774 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> regarded the shooting as a sign of profound [[political polarization in the United States|political polarization in the country]]. The events led to widespread sympathy for Trump on social media,<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Basu |first=Zachary |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Trump's martyr moment: Assassination attempt transforms campaign |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/07/14/trump-assassination-attempt-martyr-rnc |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=Axios |quote=The attempted assassination was so shocking that it immediately cut through a wide range of cultural and digital bubbles, drawing mostly sympathetic reactions from influencers, athletes and CEOs.}}</ref> and political figures across the political spectrum both domestically and internationally<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Timsit |first=Annabelle |last2=Javaid |first2=Maham |last3=Seth |first3=Anika Arora |date=2024-07-14 |title=World leaders react to Trump rally shooting: ‘A tragedy for our democracies’ |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/14/world-leaders-trump-rally-shooting/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> urged for a decrease in tensions, condemning the assassination attempt
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