Trump shooting attempt: Looking forward to speaking from Wisconsin this week, says former President after attack

Hours after surviving assassination attempt, former US President Donald J Trump said he is looking forward to the upcoming Wisconsin Republican Party Convention scheduled for July 15.

The Republican Party is set to host the first convention of the 2024 election cycle in Wisconsin. Republicans are set to gather in Milwaukee to select Donald Trump as their presidential nominee at the party’s four-day convention starting on Monday.

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"I truly love our Country, and love you all, and look forward to speaking to our Great Nation this week from Wisconsin," said the presidential candidate through his social media account on Truth.

Commenting further, the busines tycoon said that it is important to stant united to not allow the 'Evil' to win. "In this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win," said Trump.

During the attack, one Republican supported was shot dead. "We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed," said Trump in his statement.

Thomas Crooks who attacked Trump:
After the attack, the FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday's attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally.

The suspect was shot and killed by the Secret Service seconds after he allegedly fired shots toward a stage where Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The FBI said it was working to determine a motive for the attack, in which one rally attendee died and two other spectators were critically injured. Trump was shot in the ear. State voter records show that Crooks was a registered Republican. The upcoming Nov. 5 election would have been the first time Crooks had been old enough to vote in a presidential race.

Crooks lived about an hour away from where the shooting took place in Butler. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Sunday that it closed the airspace over Bethel Park for "special security reasons."

When Crooks was 17 he made a $15 donation to ActBlue, a political action committee that raises money for left-leaning and Democratic politicians, according to a 2021 Federal Election Commission filing. The donation was earmarked for the Progressive Turnout Project, a national group that rallies Democrats to vote. The groups did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

(with agency inputs)