Law enforcement recovered an AR-style rifle after a shooting at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.
The suspected shooter and at least one participant died. The Secret Service said two spectators were seriously injured.
Authorities said the shooter was attacked by members of the U.S. Secret Service’s Counterattack Team. The heavily armed tactical team travels with the president and major party candidates and is supposed to deal with any active threats while other agents focus on protecting and evacuating the person at the center of the protection.
The attack, carried out by a gunman who law enforcement said was later killed by the Secret Service, was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose department oversees the Secret Service, said officials were engaged with the Biden and Trump campaigns and “taking every possible step to ensure their safety.”
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