The US secret service has confirmed Donald Trump is safe after the shooting at his Pennsylvania rally.

In a statement posted on the social media platform X, spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said:

The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former president is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.

Multiple shots were heard at the outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, shortly after Trump began his speech.

Body guards then crowded around Trump as he ducked below the podium and armed officers took up positions at the front of the stage. Trump repeatedly raised his fist to the crowd and shouted as he was escorted to a vehicle by the US secret service.

Law enforcement officials say they believe they know who carried out the shooting at Trump’s Pennsylvania rally, but will not be releasing his name until there’s an official confirmation.

Authorities are doing DNA testing to confirm his identity because the suspect did not have ID.

“It’s a matter of doing biometric confirmations,” FBI special agent in charge Kevin Rojek said. “There was no identification on the individual, for example, so we’re looking at photographs right now and we’re trying to run his DNA and get biometric confirmation.”

Donald Trump has landed in New Jersey hours after being shot at a rally in Pennsylvania.

The former president was seen walking down aircraft steps after landing in Newark about six hours after the rally shooting.

Here’s a summary of what we’ve learned from the police press conference:

• FBI is looking into Trump rally shooting as “an assassination attempt” against the former US president.

• Authorities say the shooter was male, and they have tentatively identified him but are not prepared to publicly release that information.

• Police have not identified an official motive.

• All three victims of the shooting, two critically injured and one killed are male.

• Police are appealing to the public for any information and cell phone footage.

• The investigation is expected to take days, weeks and months.

• No police were hit will bullets during the shooting.

The suspected shooter at Donald Trump’s rally was male, the Pennsylvania state police said at a press briefing early Sunday.

The suspect, who is deceased, was not identified at the briefing, which was held at Butler, Pennsylvania, close to the site of the rally on Saturday. The three rally attenders who were shot are adult males, George Bivens, deputy commissioner of operations for the Pennsylvania state police, said at the briefing.

One of the victims has died.

Law enforcement say they have one shooter tentatively identified, but are not prepared to identify them.

Police say they have also responded to a number of suspicious activities.

Police are now holding a press conference in Butler, Pennsylvania after the shooting at Trump’s rally.

The FBI confirm “an assassination attempt” took place against Trump but are not prepared to identify the shooter and have not identified an official motive yet.

Police say there is no existing threat.

• Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when loud noises were heard in the crowd around 6.13pm.

• Trump appeared to have been struck by something in the area of his right ear as he was speaking, and videos show him quickly clutching his ear and then ducking down to the ground, as security agents and others leap to his aid.

• One spectator was killed and at least two were injured.

• Trump stood up with blood on the side of his face and appeared to be saying “fight, fight” while pumping his fist.

• Trump was then quickly escorted from the stage and into his vehicle.

• The rally location is now an active crime scene. The FBI has taken over the investigation.

• Trump’s team and the Secret Service confirmed that he was “fine” and being checked at a local medical facility.

• Trump later posted a statement on Truth Social, saying he was hit by a “bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear”. There are also reports that the former president was hit by shards of glass.

• The Butler county district attorney confirmed that the suspected shooter and one rally attendee were dead. One person at the rally was in serious condition. The Secret Service later said two people were critically injured.

• The shooting is being investigated as an attempted assassination.

• The Secret Service shared more details on the shooter’s position and confirmed that the shooter was killed by the Secret Service. ABC News reported that law enforcement officials the suspect was perched on a rooftop and used an AR-style rifle.

• The president, Joe Biden, said “everybody must condemn political violence” in a speech shortly after the shooting. The White House later said the president and Trump had spoken. Biden is traveling back to the White House.

Republican speaker of the House of Representatives and Donald Trump ally Mike Johnson says his chamber will “conduct a full investigation” of the shooting at the former president’s rally today.

Johnson said they will demand answers from the director of the Secret Service, along with officials at the FBI and homeland security department:

The Senate’s Democratic leaders have not yet said whether they will do the same, but at least one Republican, Josh Hawley, has called for an investigation in that chamber: