The Latest: Authorities Hold First Press Conference on Attempted Trump Assassination
State and federal law enforcement officials held their first press conference late Saturday night following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that killed one attendee and critically wounded two others.
Despite reportedly confirming that the shooter was a 20-year-old male from Pennsylvania, authorities said they were still “not prepared” to release the name of Trump’s would-be assassin.
Authorities provide an update on Trump assassination attempt:
"At this time, we are not prepared to identify who the shooter is. We are close to that identification, and as soon as we are 100% confident in who that individual is, we will share it with the press." pic.twitter.com/ruoomWyevi
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2024
As Saturday night tipped over into Sunday morning, the officials said they would not release the shooter’s name until they had “100 percent confidence” in the assailant’s identity. Authorities also would not comment on the shooter’s motive while “investigators are working tirelessly to identify what that motive was.”
Authorities stated that some of the delay in positively identifying the shooter came because “there was no identification” on his person. “It’s a matter of doing biometric confirmations,” officials explained, including “looking at photographs” and running his DNA to see if there’s a match already in a system.
As of the early hours of Sunday, the officials said there is “no reason to believe there is any other existing threat out there.”
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As somebody called Joe correctly points out…
Republican President Trump got impeached for telling his supporters to protest peacefully.
Democrat President Joe Biden on July 8th, 2024. “It’s time to put Donald Trump in a bullseye”.
July 13th, 2024. Trump assassination attempt.
Trump is a Hitler II. Biden is merely an “Elderly man with a poor memory”. To be sypathized with not condemned.