Donald Trump, after surviving an apparent assassination attempt in Pennsylvania on Saturday, will be heading to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention this week as planned, the former president said Sunday.
The statement came as the FBI identified the shooter who opened fire on Trump and attendees on Saturday at a campaign rally in Butler, PA.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, PA, was the shooting suspect killed by Secret Service agents on July 13 after the shots rang out. The motive for the shooting remains unknown and under investigation; law enforcement sources said he used an AR-style weapon.
According to the Associated Press, records revealed that Crooks was a registered Republican in Pennsylvania — but he gave a $15 donation to a progressive political action committee on Jan. 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden was sworn into office.
As for Biden, he vehemently condemned the act of political violence on Saturday in a brief address to the nation. He also spoke with Trump, his opponent in the presidential campaign.
“There’s no place in America for this type of violence,” Biden said. “It’s sick. It’s sick.” 
The White House said President Biden would receive a briefing from Homeland Security and law enforcement officials on the attempted assassination of Trump later in the morning. Vice President Kamala Harris was also to attend.
After being treated for an apparent graze wound to his right ear, Trump left Pennsylvania and returned to Bedminster, NJ to spend the night at his golf club. On Sunday morning, he said in a Truth social media post that he looked forward “to speaking to our great nation this week from Wisconsin.”
“We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness,” he said.
Trump also said, “Our love goes out to the other victims and their families” and he said he’s praying “for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed.”
“In this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win,” he added.
This story will be updated as new details emerge in the ongoing investigation.
