Rally attendees speaking to media outlets have described a chaotic scene following the gunshots, which were mistaken by some as popped balloons or firecrackers.
U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, said in a nationally televised interview that his nephew was among those injured in the shooting.
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, who served as former President Donald Trump's military physician, said his nephew was among those injured in a shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. During an interview on Fox News, the Amarillo Republican described how a bullet grazed the neck of his nephew, whom he did not identify, while he sat “in the line of fire” in a section behind the former president during his rally.“They were in the friends and family pin. They heard the shots,” Jackson said of his nephew and sister-in-law who attended the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “He was grazed in the neck, a bullet crossed his neck, cut his neck and he was bleeding.
Among those in attendance was Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who toldJackson said his nephew was later treated at a triage tent, where he saw the body of the man who was fatally shot. The Associated Press has reported that two people were killed — one attendee and the suspected shooter were killed — while two attendees were critically injured. The shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, the wire service reported., Staff writer. Chase Rogers is on the breaking news desk at The Dallas Morning News. He grew up in Granbury and attended Texas State University in San Marcos, where he studied journalism.
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