The investigation is ongoing. Assassination attempt Former President Donald Trump He was in Milwaukee on Monday night for the Republican National Convention. — His first public appearance was Shot and injured At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
The convention crowd cheered for Trump. Bandaged ear after being struck by gunfire on Saturday.
Trump appeared again on the second night of the convention, surrounded by heightened security and surrounded by a wall of guards.
Details are emerging about the moments leading up to the shooting. At least two minutes before the first shot was fired at Trump, a bystander called police to report a man with a gun on the roof of a building about 410 feet from the stage, according to video analyzed by CBS News.
A sniper from a local tactical team sent to assist the U.S. Secret Service at the rally Gunman And I saw him looking through the rangefinder a few minutes ago. Attempted to assassinate A local police officer with direct knowledge of the incident told CBS News that the former president
Police said the sniper was one of three members of a local tactical team stationed inside the building the gunman used to attack. The plan was for them to be stationed inside the building, looking out a window toward the rally and monitoring the crowd. Details about the three snipers were first reported by local news outlet BeaverCountian.com.
FBI investigators are still examining the background of the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, as they investigate whether he was a politically motivated, home-grown, radical domestic abuser. A Justice Department official told reporters that investigators have the shooter’s cellphone and are testing it at the FBI’s lab in Quantico, Virginia.
A federal law enforcement bulletin obtained by CBS News identified the shooter as “appearing to be a lone gunman” and warned that violent extremists could launch “additional or retaliatory attacks” in the coming months related to the November election.
The gunman killed Corey ComperatoreFirefighters. President Trump and two others, Marine Corps veteran David Duch, 57, and 74-year-old James Copenhaver, were injured.
