How is the attempted assassination of Donald Trump being investigated?
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The motives of shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks remain unknown amid FBI investigation of Trump rally shooting.
Official investigations into the shooting of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania’s Butler County on Saturday are under way.
A bullet fired by a sniper from a nearby rooftop grazed Trump’s right ear as he began addressing a crowd of supporters.
Trump, with a bloodied ear, was escorted by US Secret Service agents to a hospital nearby and the shooting suspect, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was shot within seconds by the Secret Service.
As the organisation with responsibility for investigating assassinations and attempted assassinations of presidents and presidential candidates, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will take the lead in the probe. However, other agencies including state police, the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security will also be involved.
Here is all we know about the ongoing investigation:
