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Kim Lyons

Kim Lyons is a veteran western Pennsylvania journalist who has covered people and trends in politics and business for local and national publications including Pittsburgh City Paper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the New York Times and Columbia Journalism Review.

FBI identifies shooter in assassination attempt on Trump at Pennsylvania rally

By: Kim Lyons - July 14, 2024

The FBI said early Sunday it had identified the man who shot former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler on Saturday as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park. The U.S. Secret Service said Saturday night that the shooter “fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position outside of the […]

Trump ‘safe’ after shooting at rally in Pennsylvania; one spectator and suspected gunman killed

By: John Cole and Kim Lyons - July 13, 2024

BUTLER, Penn. — Former President Donald Trump is recovering Saturday after a shooting at a campaign rally in Butler that left a rally-goer and the gunman dead, authorities said. Two people were critically injured in the incident, according to the U.S. Secret Service. Shortly after Trump took the stage at about 6 p.m., several loud […]

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