Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials said on July 14 that they believe the would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump acted alone.
The agency is investigating the attack as both an attempted assassination and an act of domestic terrorism, officials told reporters in a press call.
Authorities have identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, a resident of Bethel, Pennsylvania. At a Trump rally in Butler on July 13, the assailant fired several shots from an elevated position near the venue. Witnesses saw a man with a rifle at a rooftop on a nearby building.
Former President Donald Trump said a bullet pierced his right ear but that he is otherwise safe. A 50-year-old firefighter, Corey Comperatore, was killed in the crowd. Two other rally attendees were injured….