A shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination. A shooter is dead and an attendee was killed.
Donald Trump’s campaign said in a statement that he was “fine” after being whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. The campaign says he is “being checked out at a local medical facility.”and two were critically injured. Trump said on social media that a bullet “pierced the upper part” of his right ear before agents whisked him off stage.
President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., Saturday, July 13, 2024. President Biden is returning to Washington earlier than planned following the attack at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. A campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty and littered with debris Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
The FBI says it will be the lead law enforcement agency investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.Attorney General Merrick Garland has said the ATF, the US attorney’s office in the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Justice Department’s national security division are also investigating.Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reacts as he is surrounded by U.S.
He took off his tie and jumped a barricade, but when he reached the person, Elmore saw he had been shot in the head. Elmore said he held the victim’s head but it was too late. The man was unresponsive. “President Trump looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee as we proceed with our convention to nominate him to serve as the 47th President of the United States,” said Trump campaign advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita and Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump in a statement.
The Carter Center, the post-White House center established by former President Jimmy Carter, issued a statement saying it “condemns the violence that took place.” The statement added that “our thoughts are with President Trump and all those affected by this horrific act, and we call on all Americans to embrace civility in our democratic process.”
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro repudiated the attack and wished Trump a speedy recovery, adding, May God bless the people of the United States and give them peace and tranquility.”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Sara and I were shocked by the apparent attack on President Trump. We pray for his safety and speedy recovery.
“It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead,” he said.JUST IN: Trump says in social media post he was ‘shot with a bullet’ in upper part of right ear, nothing yet known about shooterthat he, “knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.
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