Donald Trump's shooter identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks after he breaks silence after being shot with a bullet in the ear

Shocking footage has revealed Donald Trump's shooter seconds before he opened fire and hit the former US president with a bullet in his ear in an assassination attempt at a rally. See updates and the shocking video.

New video and details have emerged about the gunman the FBI has confirmed the name of, who shot Donald Trump who was injured as he heard a "whizzing sound" and he felt a bullet rip through his ear.

The shooter has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. He was from Bethel Park, a village south of where the rally was held.

The New York Post has also reported that he was a registered Republican voter. Sources told The Post Crooks was planted on the roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds.

The former president revealed how he was shot on stage, by posting on his social media platform. He said: "I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear."

"I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin," he said.

"Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening."

One rally attendee is dead and two are critically injured after the shooting, Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the US Secret Service said. Crooks is also deceased.

Earlier, the agency said the shooter had fired multiple shots from an “elevated position” outside the rally before Secret Service personnel “neutralised” the shooter.

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