WHAT
- Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump was shot at a rally in PA.
TRUMPS STATEMENT
“I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. 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. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I 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. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW SO FAR
- gunman is dead
- Trump “is fine”
- one attendee is dead
- another attendee is in critical condition
News Sources
- CNN - Trump rushed off stage after shooting at Pennsylvania rally
- AP News - Live updates: Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say
- The Hill - George W. Bush condemns ‘cowardly attack’ at Trump rally
- Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) on Xitter - video interview with witness who tried to warn police before shooting happened
- Sky News - Gunshots reportedly fired at Donald Trump rally - as former president rushed off stage (Article confirms one rally attendee dead)
- Reuters - Biden says he is grateful to hear Trump is safe, has been briefed on shooting
- OAlexanderDK on Xitter - The shooter was on a roof approximately 125m or 400ft from where Trump was standing.
- JakeMRosen on Xitter - An emergency room doctor I spoke with tried to save someone’s life in the crowd
Sounds like it was pretty amateur hour with the police and security. Nuts he was there for minutes and they didn’t do anything.
Not really. The guy who saw the shooter also said that nobody, including him, could see the shooter clearly as he was climbing up the other side of the roof. What the guy mostly saw was the rifle (that was slung on the shooter’s back) wiggling back and forth as the shooter crawled up the roof to the peak.
No, they didn’t, and the video footage they have of the guy contradicts you completely. Watch the interview and check the footage again.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt?post=asset%3Ad714e51f-1db7-4042-8113-8dd75be5d152#post
“We were telling the police, we were pointing at him for the Secret Service,” he told the BBC’s reporter at the scene, Gary O’Donoghue.