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A day after Donald Trump survived a shooting at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, much remains unknown about the assassination attempt and how it will change an already unprecedented presidential race.
What we know so far:
The suspected gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, has died.
Trump was wounded in the shooting, and two other rally attendees were also shot and survived. One man, Corey Comperatore, 50, died in the shooting and has been hailed as a hero for trying to protect his daughters from the bullets.
Details from the suspect's former classmates, the nursing home where he worked and others mostly described him as smart and quiet, with a clean record, someone who wore camouflage and other hunting clothes to class, but he lived in an inconspicuous area. Early details shed little light on why Crooks might have wanted to carry out an attack on Trump or his supporters. Public records showed he was a registered Republican, though he had once donated $15 to a progressive Pac.
Early efforts to identify social media posts or other writings that would explain the shooting were unsuccessful. FBI officials said Sunday afternoon that they "currently do not have an identified motive" and that "currently, we have not identified an ideology associated with this subject."
Law enforcement officials identified the weapon used in the attack as an AR-style rifle that had been legally purchased by the attacker's father. His family has not spoken publicly but is cooperating with the investigation, officials said.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden spoke on the phone after the attack, and both said the conversation was good and spoke respectfully of each other.
Trump arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday evening for this week's Republican National Convention, which the candidate vowed would go ahead as planned.
Joe Biden addressed the nation, calling for unity and a rejection of political violence. His campaign was reportedly planning to scale back verbal attacks and TV attack ads against Trump after the shooting, while continuing to promote Biden's political message about why voters should choose him in November.
What we still don't know:
The alleged attacker's motivation for the attack.
What went wrong with security for the event that allowed the suspect to get onto the roof close enough to the rally stage to give him a clear shot at Trump. The actions of Secret Service and local law enforcement officials are currently under intense scrutiny.
How the attack on Trump will affect, or if it might just end, Democrats' heated debate over whether Joe Biden should drop out of the 2024 presidential race to allow a younger Democrat to develop.
Both the attack and Trump's defiant response to the shooting will resonate with voters in November, particularly in Pennsylvania, a key state in the presidential race and the site of the shooting.
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