Trump, who was in the middle of delivering his rally speech, was grazed in the right ear by a bullet as he turned toward the right with his hands on his lectern when the sound of multiple gunshots suddenly rang out at approximately 6:15 p.m. ET.
The former president instinctively grabbed his bloodied right ear and dropped to the ground as multiple Secret Service agents rushed to the stage and several more gunshots could be heard. About 45 seconds after Trump was shot, agents were heard on the rally microphone saying, "Shooters down" and it was safe to move the ex-POTUS to a safer place.
As the agents moved Trump offstage into his nearby SUV, he lifted his fist in the air, prompting a loud cheer from the crowd at the rally and he mouthed the word "fight" three times while pumping his fist. The crowd then chanted "USA!" as he was taken down the stairs by several agents and into his vehicle.
"This evening we had what we are calling an assassination attempt against our former president, Donald Trump," Kevin Rojek, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent in charge, said at a late-night press conference, confirming that what has just occurred was a serious liquidation threat.
One of the rally attendees was killed in the shooting. Two other rally-goers were critically injured, according to the Secret Service. All of the victims were male as per the FBI.
Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said law enforcement is following up on a "number of suspicious occurrences" including accounts from witnesses who said they tried to flag police about the activity of a person outside the rally moments before the shooting...<<<Read More>>>...
