The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement that it is intensifying efforts to scour over evidence in the attack on former United States President Donald Trump, which it is now investigating as “domestic terrorism”.
Trump was shot in the right ear, while speaking at a Saturday campaign rally in Pennsylvania, by an attacker perched on a rooftop outside the venue, in the first assassination attempt on a US presidential figure in more than four decades.
Trump escaped the attack with no serious injury. But one attendee was lucky, as the attacker’s bullets fell him, with two others in the crowd seriously injured.
The agency said though investigation so far indicates the suspect – Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 – acted alone, it continues to look into any possible co-conspirators.
It has yet to identify a motive for the attacker, a registered Republican who once also made a small donation to a left-wing political group.
Former classmates of the suspect told local media he was known as a “loner” and “outcast” in high school and incessantly bullied. Others who attended the suspect’s school told ABC News he had been rejected by the high school rifle team, describing him as a “bad shot”.
Law enforcement, which recovered the AR-style rifle the attacker allegedly used at the rally on Saturday, has also found “suspicious devices” at his home and vehicle, said the FBI.
“We are working to determine the sequence of events and the shooter’s movements prior to the shooting, collecting and reviewing evidence, conducting interviews, and following up on all leads,” said the agency.
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