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 gunman and at least one attendee are dead. The Secret Service said two spectators were critically injured.
The officials said the shooter was engaged by members of the U.S. Secret Service counterassault team. The heavily armed tactical team travels everywhere with the president and major party nominees and is meant to confront any active threats while other agents focus on safeguarding and evacuating the person at the center of protection.
The attack, by a shooter who law enforcement officials say was then 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 measure to ensure their safety and security.”
