 Politics must never be a literal battlefield, God forbid, a killing field. I believe politics ought to be an arena for peaceful debate. Trump was wounded on the right side of his head in the shooting. One person attending the political rally was killed, while two others hit by gunfire are in stable condition. The Secret Service says their agents shot the suspect, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Crooks was on a rooftop about 350 feet from where Trump was speaking to a crowd of supporters.