The Secret Service confirmed that the gunman who opened fire has been killed. The man, whose motives are unknown and whose name has not been released, is believed to have opened fire on the rally from the roof of the building. Butler District Attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooting occurred from several hundred yards away. An AR-15-style rifle was found near the shooter's body, according to The New York Times.

Firefighter Corey Comperator, 50, was killed in a shooting at a Donald Trump rally, his sister Dawn Comperator Shafer said on Facebook. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro confirmed the news. "Hatred for one man took the life of the man we loved most. He was a hero who protected his daughters. His wife and girls survived the unthinkable and unimaginable. My little brother just turned 50 and had so much more to live," wrote Dawn Comperator. "Corey was a father. Corey was a firefighter.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Raf Salameh, commander of the Khan Younis Battalion (part of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades), was killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the statement, Salameh was "one of the closest associates" of Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif and "one of the organizers" of the Hamas attack on October 7. It is unclear whether Deif himself was killed in the strike, CNN reported.

Heads of state around the world are expressing concern and condolences over the shooting at a rally in the United States, during which potential presidential candidate Donald Trump was slightly wounded, and one person in the audience was killed and two seriously wounded. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer "I am appalled by the shocking scenes at President Trump's rally, and we send him and his family our best wishes.

Hamas has pulled out of talks with Israel, a senior Hamas official told AFP. He cited the "massacre" in the Gaza Strip and Israel's position in the talks as the reason for the decision. According to the agency's interlocutor, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has already informed mediators from Qatar and Egypt that talks on the ceasefire plan presented by US President Joe Biden in late May have ended.

Donald Trump, who was shot and wounded during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania the day before, said he would address the Republican National Convention, which begins July 15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Now more than ever, it is important that we stand united and show our true character as Americans by standing strong and resolute and not letting evil win. I truly love our country, love you all, and look forward to addressing our great nation from Wisconsin this week,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The FBI has identified the gunman who opened fire at a rally in support of Donald Trump as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, The Washington Post reports . The New York Post had previously named him. The FBI confirmed it was treating the attack as an attempted murder and said it was trying to determine his motive.

News Trump's victory depends on undecided voters. They are interested in the candidates' programs, not the assassination attempt - Americanist Filippenko The Insider July 14, 2024 Photo: Evan Vucci/AP Photos/picture alliance After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, many began to conclude that Trump has victory in the upcoming presidential election in his pocket. However, these are hasty conclusions, Americanist Alexandra Filippenko told The Insider Live host Timur Olevsky.

Explosive devices were found in the car of Thomas Crooks, the shooter who tried to kill Donald Trump during his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, The Wall Street Journal reported , citing sources involved in the investigation. According to the publication, the car was found near the site of the rally. It is also reported that after the shooting, police received several reports of suspicious packages in the area where Trump's rally was taking place.

The shooter has presumably been eliminated, according to security officers whose conversations can be heard on the video broadcast from the rally. There has been no official statement yet about the arrest or murder of the shooter, or about his identity and presumed motives. A BBC broadcast from the scene quoted an eyewitness who was outside the security perimeter of the rally.

The authorities of the Samara Region have expanded the list of areas in which foreigners are prohibited from working, writes GTRK Samara. As reported by State Duma deputy Mikhail Matveyev, they will be prohibited from working in food production and trade. According to Matveyev, it was his proposal, which was supported by the acting governor of the Samara region Vyacheslav Fedorishchev. It is stated that the goal of the initiative is to provide jobs for Russian citizens.