from RT:
The former president has narrowly escaped death when a bullet grazed his ear
Former US President and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt during his 2024 election campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. Several shots were fired while Trump was delivering a speech in front of a crowd of supporters. A bullet grazed Trump’s right ear, after which the real estate tycoon-turned-politician was escorted off the stage by the Secret Service.
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The Secret Service later said that a suspected shooter and a member of the audience were killed. Two spectators were critically injured.
President Joe Biden and many leading politicians have condemned the attempt on Trump’s life. Some of Trump’s supporters argued that the toxic and violent rhetoric directed at Trump may have played a part in the incident.
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14 July 2024
02:40 GMT
House Speaker Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said that he was “horrified by what happened at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and relieved that former President Trump is safe.”
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02:16 GMT
The Department of Homeland Security is in contact with both Trump and Biden and is “taking every possible measure to ensure their safety and security,” Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on X.
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02:03 GMT
A video posted to social media allegedly shows the suspected shooter’s body after he was killed by the Secret Service.
The Shooter at the Trump Rally in Pennsylvania can be seen Dead on the Roof of a nearby Building, after being Killed by U.S. Secret Service Agents. pic.twitter.com/6eUpiqfCeL
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 13, 2024
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01:53 GMT
Police recovered an AR-style rifle at the scene, Associated Press reported, citing a source.
Witnesses previously told reporters that they heard up to 10 gunshots.
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01:48 GMT
Trump’s daughter and former presidential adviser Ivanka Trump thanked Americans for “the love and prayers for my father and for the other victims of today’s senseless violence in Butler, Pennsylvania.”
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01:29 GMT
The Secret Service released some details about the incident. “At approximately 6:15 pm, a suspected shooter fired multiple shots from an elevated outside of the rally,” spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
The suspect has been “neutralized.” One spectator was killed and two more were critically injured.
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00:58 GMT
New York Times photographer Doug Mills managed to take a picture of the bullet that grazed Trump flying past his head, followed by a bloody red streak.
