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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday that the man shot and killed at a rally for former President Donald Trump on Saturday was a 50-year-old volunteer firefighter who had taken cover to protect his family as gunfire rang out. The victim was identified as Corey Comperatore, according to a Facebook post from his family. “My brother, Corey Comperatore, was killed at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The hatred of one man took the life of the man we loved most,” the victim’s sister said in a post on Sunday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Comperatore, a former Buffalo Township fire…

Suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was shot and killed by Secret Service agents moments after allegedly firing shots at President Trump. Suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was shot and killed by Secret Service agents moments after he allegedly fired a shot at Trump as he was speaking on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania.The attack left Trump shot in the ear, one spectator dead and two seriously injured.The FBI said it was investigating to determine a motive for the attack.Donald Trump after the shootingCrooks’ father, Matthew, told CNN he would wait to speak publicly…

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how a gunman armed with an AR-type rifle got close enough to former President Donald Trump to shoot and wound him at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, a major failure of one of the agency’s core missions. The gunman, who was shot and killed by Secret Service agents, fired several shots at the stage from “an elevated position outside the rally venue,” the agency said. An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen videos and photos from Trump’s rallies, as well as satellite imagery of the venue, showed that the shooter was…

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The FBI named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the shooter. Here’s what we know so far:-What happened to former President Donald Trump?Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.He was holding up a graph showing the number of people crossing the border when explosions began to ring out just after 6:10pm local time.The former president grimaced and stretched his right hand out to the side of his head, blood streaming from his face.He quickly ducked down as Secret Service agents rushed onto the stage and surrounded him.Screams erupted from the audience as the…

Although the assassin’s bullet missed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the head, the security provided to the former US president has raised many questions about the details of his security. Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump gestures as he is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he walks off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} While India’s Special Security Group (SPG) only allowed 180-degree exposure for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose threat level is many times higher than that of President Trump, the Republican…

The FBI on Sunday identified the suspect as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.Two witnesses to the attack at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania claimed to have seen the shooter. Photo: X@elonmuskPress Trust of India Washington Two witnesses claimed to have seen a gunman during the attack at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania, with one recalling seeing him move from rooftop to rooftop, apparently looking for the perfect spot to shoot the former US president. The FBI identified the gunman on Sunday as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Crooks was armed with an…

Following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wished the former president a “speedy recovery”, while Putin’s supporters highlighted conspiracy theories about the shooting. Volodymyr Zelensky describes horror at assassination attempt on President Trump (Getty Images) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, who was shot in the ear while hosting a Republican rally in Pennsylvania. Gunfire rang out while Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania, forcing him to take cover and run for cover, where he was quickly surrounded by Secret Service agents. Trump quickly left the rally…

VENICE, Italy — Venice on Sunday ended a test program to charge entrance fees to day-trippers, a move that has netted it more than 2 million euros and means it intends to extend the tax, but opponents in the fragile lagoon city called the experiment a failure. Venice reaped $2.2 million in benefits from trial day-tripper tax, critics say fails to deter tourists {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Dozens of activists gathered Saturday outside Santa Lucia train station overlooking the busy canal to protest against the 5-euro tax, which they say will do little to deter tourists at peak times, as…