FBI says it's “close” to identifying shooter but has not identified a motive

The FBI said it is “close” to identifying the shooter in what it called an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania.

Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, said at a news conference Saturday night that the agency is close to confirming the identity of the shooter but is not releasing the individual’s name at this time. 

Authorities said the suspect had no identification on him, which is slowing down the process. Rojek said they are doing biometric confirmation as well as running the shooter’s DNA and looking at photographs.

Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Colonel George Bivens said that they plan to release information on what caused delays in identifying the shooter.

“We have one shooter tentatively identified, but we’re not stopping there. We’re following up on a lot of information. It will be sometime before we can conclusively answer that question,” Bivens said when asked if this was a lone wolf attack.

Rojek added that the FBI has not yet identified the shooter’s motive.

Authorities said they believe there is no other threat.