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📷 AP's Evan Vucci — who took the photo above, and the instantly iconic image of Trump with flag and fist — told CNN's Kasie Hunt this morning:
- "I covered Iraq and Afghanistan, so I've been in these situations before. ... As a still photographer, I don't get a second chance."
At an overnight news conference, the FBI officially labeled the attack an "assassination attempt," but said a motive hasn't been determined.
- A rally attendee and the suspected shooter have died, and two spectators were critically injured, the Secret Service says.
- AP reports the shooter was killed by members of the Secret Service counterassault team. The heavily armed tactical team confronts active threats, while other agents focus on evacuating the protectee.
The apparent gunman "fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position outside of the rally venue," per the Secret Service.
- The FBI identified him as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa.
House Republican leaders vowed to investigate the incident, requesting a briefing and hearing with the head of the Secret Service.
The shooter was able to get astonishingly close to the stage where former President Trump was speaking, according to an AP analysis of more than a dozen videos and photos taken at the Trump rally, as well as satellite imagery.
- A video posted to social media, and geolocated by AP, shows the body of a man wearing gray camouflage lying motionless on the roof of a manufacturing plant just north of the Butler Farm Show grounds, where Trump's rally was held.
The roof was less than 150 yards from where Trump was speaking.
📜 For history ... 6:16 p.m. ET:
AP-US--APNewsAlert
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump escorted off stage by Secret Service during rally after loud noises ring out in crowd.
