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10:50 p. m. – Trump has landed at Newark airport.
9:45 p. m. – The FBI believes they know the suspect. They do not reveal the call because it is a very delicate point in the investigation. Early indications imply that it is a lone wolf. But the scenario is fluid and investigators must be sure that this user had nothing and that no one knew. It was going to happen.
8:30 pm. – From a White House official:
This afternoon, President Biden spoke with former President Trump. The president spoke with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy.
Tomorrow morning, at the White House, he will receive an update from law enforcement and national security officials.
8:00 p. m. — The Trump crusader released a message stating that the former president will attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week.
“President Trump looks forward to joining all of you in Milwaukee. “
19:48 – CBS reports that former President Donald Trump has been released from the hospital.
19:46 Ivanka Trump makes a fuss on social media:
19:40 – Statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the shooting at former President Donald J. Trump’s rally The Department of Justice released the following from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the shooting at former President Donald J. Trump’s rally Former President Donald J. Trump: “I was briefed on the shooting at former President Trump’s rally and briefed the president. The FBI, ATF, the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the Department’s Homeland Security Division are currently working with the Secret Service, as well as state and local law enforcement partners in Butler, Pennsylvania. My center is for the former president, the injured and the families of the bystander killed in this horrible attack. We will not tolerate violence of any kind, and violence like this is an attack on our democracy. The Department of Justice will take advantage of all available resources in this investigation.
18:52 – Secret Service Statement: “At former President Trump’s military rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 13, at approximately 6:15 p. m. , a suspected shooter fired several shots toward the level from a position elevated outdoors of the American rally. Secret Service workers neutralized the shooter, who has since died. The US Secret Service responded temporarily with protective measures and the former president is and is being rescued. “One spectator died. and two spectators were seriously injured and officially reported by the Secret Service. Federal Bureau of Investigation. “
18:48 – The shooter fired up to 8 rounds from an AR-style rifle while perched on a roof adjacent to the scene, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
The shooter was 200-300 yards away at the time of the shooting, the resources said.
The shooter was neutralized through the American secret services.
18:45 – Statement from Donald Trump: I must thank the United States Secret Service and all law enforcement for their immediate reaction to the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania. Most importantly, I want to express my deepest condolences to the relatives of the user who died in the demonstration, as well as to the relatives of some other users who were seriously injured. Such an act can only be positioned in our country. Lately we don’t know anything about the shooter, who is already dead. They shot me and pierced the top of my right ear. Without delay I knew something was wrong, I heard a whistle, shots and without delay I felt the bullet tearing at my skin. I was bleeding a lot, so I found out what was going on. GOD BLESS AMERICA! (edited)
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ORIGINAL STORY:
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt while speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in blood from what he said was a gunshot, was temporarily arrested by Secret Service agents and his crusader said he was “fine. “
A prosecutor said the alleged shooter and at least one player were dead. The secret service said two spectators were seriously injured.
On his website Truth Social, about two and a half hours after the shooting, Trump said a bullet “pierced the part of my right ear. “
“Without delay I knew something was happening when I heard a whistle, gunshots and without delay I felt the bullet tearing the skin,” Array said in his message “There was a lot of bleeding, then I found out what was happening. “
The attack, carried out by a gunman who law enforcement said was later killed through the Secret Service, the first attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since the assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981. It comes in a deeply polarized political climate, just 4 months ago. He holds presidential elections and days before Trump is officially nominated as the Republican nominee at his party’s convention.
“President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their swift action in this heinous act,” spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “He is fine and lately he is being tested at a local medical center. More main points will follow.
The Secret Service said the suspected shooter fired from “an elevated position outside the demonstration site. “Trump is “safe and being evaluated,” the firm said.
“There is no position in the United States for this violence,” President Joe Biden, who opposes Trump as the presumptive Democratic nominee, said in a speech. “It’s crazy. It’s crazy. “
Two officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. They said the shooter was not at the rally and was killed through United States Secret Service agents.
Authorities said the shooter attacked through members of the U. S. Secret Service’s counterattack team. He killed the U. S. and killed. The heavily armed tactical team moves with the president and the main party applicants and is meant to deal with any active risks, while other agents concentrate on protective tasks and evacuating the user to the cover center.
It is still unclear whether Trump was shot or injured when officers shot him to the ground.
Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said in a phone interview that the suspected shooter was killed and at least one attendee at the rally was killed.
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, showing a graph of the number of border crossings at his last rally before the Republican National Convention began on Monday, when the obvious gunfire began shortly after 6:10 p. m.
It took two minutes from the time of the first shot for Trump to be placed in a reserve van.
As Trump spoke, a bang rang out and the former president put his right hand in front of his right ear, while other people in the stands looked surprised.
When the first pop played, Trump said “Oh” and grabbed his ear as two more pops were heard and crouched down. Then more shots are heard.
Someone can be heard saying near Trump’s lectern microphone, “Down, down, down, down!” as agents attacked the former president. They piled up the most sensitive part of him from their bodies, as is his educational protocol. while other officials took positions at the level to look for the threat.
Screams could be heard from the crowd of several thousand people. We hear one woman screaming louder than the others. Afterward, voices were heard saying “the shooter has fallen” repeatedly, before someone asked “are we fit to move?”and “Are we clear?” Then someone ordered: “Let’s go. “
Trump may be heard on the video saying at least twice, “Let me take my shoes, let me take my shoes,” with a voice saying, “They gave it to me, sir. “
Trump stood up moments later and you can tell he puts his right hand to his face. He gave the impression of blood on his face. He then raised his fist in the air and gave the impression of saying the word “Fight” twice in front of his crowd of supporters, prompting loud applause and then chants of “United States. “UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES. “
The crowd applauded as he stood up and clenched his fist.
His caravan left the scene a few moments later. In the video, Trump turns to the crowd and raises his fist just before being loaded into a vehicle.
Journalists covering the demonstration heard five or six shots and many hid even the tables.
After the first two or three shots, other people in the crowd looked surprised, but not scared. An AP reporter at the scene reported that the noise first sounded like firecrackers or probably a car firecracker.
But then there were more shots. Panic set in when other people found out what was going on. Shouts of ‘Get down!'” ” rang out from the crowd.
When it became clear that the stage had failed and that Trump would not speak again, participants began to leave the room. A man in an electric wheelchair was stranded in the box when his wheelchair’s battery died. Others tried to help him move.
Police temporarily asked the remaining people to leave the scene and US Secret Service agents told reporters to “leave now. ” It’s a genuine crime scene.
Two firefighters from Steubenville, Ohio, who were present at the demonstration, told the AP they helped other people who appeared injured and heard bullets hit loudspeakers.
“Bullets hit around the stage, one hit the speaker tower and then chaos broke out. “We dropped to the ground and then the police converged on the stands,” Chris Takach said.
“The first thing I heard was some cracking noises,” Dave Sullivan said.
Sullivan saw one of the loudspeakers hit and the bullets hit and “hit the bridge. “
He said that once the Secret Service and other governments converged on Trump, he and Takach helped two other people who had been shot on the stand and cleared a path to get them to the side.
“It’s just an unhappy day for United States,” Sullivan said.
“After hearing the gunshots, the hydraulic line dripping everywhere, you might see hydraulic fluid coming out of it. And then the tower of the complex started collapsing,” Sullivan said. “Then we heard another shot that you might hear, you knew there was something, it was bullets. They were not firecrackers.
“They weren’t very loud shots,” he said.
“You can hear it falling, the ammunition falling on the metal,” Takach added.
Then they hid a farm tractor.
Sullivan said they were worried about Trump and saw him stand up.
“He stood up and made a move that everything was fine,” Sullivan said, raising his fist like Trump.
The dangers of crusading took on new urgency after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in California in 1968, and back in 1972, when Arthur Bremer shot and seriously wounded George Wallace, who was running as an independent with a rarely debatable crusading program. . compared to Trump’s. This led to increased coverage of the candidates, threats persisted, particularly the endorsement of Jesse Jackson in 1988 and Barack Obama in 2008.
Presidents, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, have even higher degrees of security. Trump is a rarity as a former president and current candidate.
Biden was briefed about the incident, the White House said. He got an update from US Secretary of State Kimberly Cheatle, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and White House National Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall.
He told reporters after 8 p. m. that he had not yet been able to succeed with Trump, but had been informed that the former president “is doing well. “
“I hope to get through to him tonight,” he said.
After the shooting at Trump’s rally, Biden’s crusade suspended all messages to his supporters and is running to remove all of his TV classified ads as temporarily as possible, the crusade said.
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the three men on Trump’s short list for vice president, temporarily sent statements expressing their fear for the former president, and Rubio shared a symbol taken while Trump was being escorted. level with his fist in the air and a touch of blood on his face accompanied by the words “God, President Trump. “
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said in a statement in X that he had been notified of the situation and that Pennsylvania State Police were present at the scene of the demonstration.
“Violence against a political party or a political leader is certainly unacceptable. This has no standing in Pennsylvania or the United States,” she said.
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Colvin, Balsamo and Price reported from New York. Long reported from Washington. Tucker reported from Westport, Connecticut.
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