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A full day after the attempted assassination, the gunman’s motive remained a mystery, with the FBI investigating the shooting as a potential act of domestic terrorism. Biden ordered an independent security review of the attack, which killed a bystander and critically wounded two others. Read more.
Key points:
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how the gunman got so close. The gunman, identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was not on the FBI’s radar, and he was believed to have acted alone. His motive and political leanings remained unclear.
Biden said he also directed a review of all security measures for the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday in Milwaukee. Audrey Gibson-Cicchino, the Secret Service’s coordinator for the convention, told reporters later the agency was satisfied with what she called its comprehensive planning.
The attack on Saturday was the most serious attempt to kill a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. It drew new attention to concerns about political violence in a deeply polarized U.S. less than four months before the election.
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