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Team USA coach Steve Kerr reacts to shooting of Donald Trump

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Team USA coach Steve Kerr reacts to shooting of Donald Trump​

Calling it a "terrible" and "demoralizing day for our country," Team USA men's basketball coach Steve Kerr tried to summarize the emotions of his team Sunday in the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Kerr, whose father, Malcolm, was assassinated in 1984 in Beirut, Lebanon, has a long history of criticizing gun violence. Malcolm Kerr was targeted by the militant group Islamic Jihad because he served as the president of the American University of Beirut. Players and coaches learned of the news Sunday morning.

"This is a time where we feel very proud to represent our country wearing USA on our chest, competing in the Olympics," Kerr said. "We've talked to the players about how important it is to show the best version of us as human beings to represent our country in a respectful, dignified manner. It makes you want to do that even more so, because this is really shameful for us to sit here and think about what happened and what's going on in our country."

In a social media post, Trump said he was "shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear" during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was quickly whisked from the stage by Secret Service agents, his ear covered in blood. Early Sunday morning, the FBI identified the suspected gunman as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Martina Strong, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, addressed the team in a prescheduled event Sunday.

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Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter​

Pennsylvania, July 14 (Reuters) - Federal law enforcement authorities scrutinized the background of Thomas Matthew Crooks on Sunday in a search for what drove the 20-year-old gunman to open fire on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in western Pennsylvania. Crooks, identified by the FBI as the suspected gunman in the assassination attempt, was shot and killed by the Secret Service seconds after he allegedly fired shots toward a stage where Trump was speaking on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. One rally attendee, a 50-year-old man identified as Corey Comperatore, died and two other spectators were critically injured. Trump was shot in the right ear.

A resident of Bethel Park, about an hour away from where the shooting occurred, Crooks was a registered Republican who would have been eligible to cast his first presidential vote in the Nov. election in which Trump is challenging President Joe Biden. Public records show his father is a registered Republican and mother a registered Democrat. Federal Election Commission filings show Crooks appears to have made a small $15 donation several years ago to a political action committee called ActBlue that raises money for left-leaning and Democratic politicians. The donation was earmarked for the Progressive Turnout Project, a national group that rallies Democrats to vote. The groups did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Secret Service agents fatally shot the suspect, the agency said, after he opened fire from the roof of a building about 150 yards (140 meters) from the stage where Trump was addressing supporters. An AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle used in the shooting was recovered near his body, according to sources.

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