Trump rally shooting: Biden urges Americans to oppose political violence; the attempt at assassination is being investigated as a domestic terrorism act

In a chaotic and shocking incident, former U.S. President Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally on July 13.
 

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The investigation is ongoing. The FBI has identified the shooter as Bethel Park, Pennsylvania native Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20. The FBI is looking into it as a possible act of "domestic terrorism," and it seems that he acted alone.

With blood all over his face, the 78-year-old former president was hurried from the platform following the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, which left two onlookers seriously injured and the gunman and a bystander dead.

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“Following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, President Joe Biden issued a warning about the possibility of political violence in the United States during a prime-time national address from the Oval Office, stating, "It's time to cool down."
 

Donald Trump is heading to a conference while the authorities look into the assassination attempt's motive and security

On July 14, following an attempt on his life that added more unpredictability to an already turbulent presidential campaign, former president Donald Trump called for unity and resiliency while President Joe Biden urged Americans to "cool it down" and "resolve our differences at the ballot box."