Donald Trump was rushed off stage during an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after an assassination attempt on the former president and front runner candidate for next American President.

With shots fired by an assassin, secret service agents swarm Trump and ducked him behind the podium.

Blood could be seen dripping from the former President’s right ear and face as bodyguards surrounded him and lead him off the stage.

Once off stage Trump’s team was able to get him to a waiting vehicle and whisk him away.

Presidential Candidate Survives

Trump is “fine,” a spokesperson from the Trump team confirmed letting everyone know the Presidential candidate survived.

The alleged shooter has been killed by authorities according to associated press reports.

Along with the shooter, one spectator is dead, while two are in serious condition, according to officials.

Law enforcement authorities have identified the man who made an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

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Assassin Identified

The FBI said the assassin identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania was killed.

A motive by the shooter was still not clear although his goal was clearly to kill the next front runner presidential candidate.

The gunman was immediately “neutralized” by the Secret Service, chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi said.

Crooks used a semi-automatic rifle, three senior U.S. law enforcement officials said, based on what was found at the scene. 

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Registered Republican

Bethel Park is a predominantly white, relatively well-to-do city in the southern reaches of greater Pittsburgh.

The site of the rally, Butler, is about an hour’s drive north of Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania voter records listed a Thomas Matthew Crooks with the same address and birth date as a registered Republican, though it was not clear from the records when that was put in place.

At a news conference after the incident, law enforcement said the investigation was close to making a positive identification of the shooter.

The shooter who at the time of the terror attack who did not have identification on him, state police Lt. Col. George Bivens said.

Close Call

A bullet pierced the right ear of the former president, leaving him bleeding, a few millimetres over and the popular presidential candidate could have been killed.

Many may not understand how much of a close call this was, but these incidents are rare and often the killer does not miss.

“The shooter has been tentatively identified, It’s a matter of doing biometric confirmations.” Authorities stated after the had his body in custody.

Investigators have also prioritized finding a motive and determining whether the shooter had accomplices, authorities said at the news conference.

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