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The shooting started shortly after Trump took his position at the podium onstage. Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Butler, Pa. (Evan Vucci / AP) Secret Service agents cover Donald Trump.
Trump has also sought to strike a unifying tone in the hours following the shooting, calling on the nation to “stand united” in a Truth Social post on Sunday morning.
Trump shooting: Attendees describe chaotic scene as shots rang out at Pennsylvania rally “The guy had spun around, was jammed between the benches,” the man recalled. “He had a head shot here.
Thomas Matthew Crooks (September 20, 2003 – July 13, 2024) was an American man who attempted to assassinate then-former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel released a video condemning the shooting and said it was an attack on democratic institutions everywhere. [307] [308] NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed shock at the shooting, condemning the attack on Trump, and wishing the former president a speedy recovery. [309]
After the shot was fired, Trump was escorted off the course by his Secret Service protective detail. [20] The man did not have a clear line of sight on Trump and did not fire his gun. [16] [22] A witness that saw him running out of the woods and into a black car took a photo of the suspect's vehicle, assisting authorities in tracking it down. [23]
Their brother Eric Trump tweeted a picture of his father pumping his fist in the air after the shooting. “This is the fighter America needs!” the post read. “This is the fighter America ...
The shooting left one spectator dead and another two critically injured. Law enforcement officials said that a Secret Service sniper killed the shooter, who was outside the security perimeter.