The sh00ter who fired at least eight sh0ts at Donald Trump and injured him is dead, with a rallygoer also k!lled in Saturday’s appalling bloodbath.
Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger confirmed the two deaths after the atrocity at a Trump rally at Butler Farm Show Grounds in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Neither the identity of the sh00ter nor the bystander who also died has been released.
The Secret Service’s counter sniper team took out the sh00ter. They said the male sh00ter began firing from an elevated position outside the rally grounds before being k!lled. Two other people were critically-injured by the gunfire.
Images on social media show the dead gunman laying on top of a beige building about 300 feet north of the stage where Trump was standing when he was sh0t.
The gunman opened fire from AGR International, a plastic container manufacturing facility.
Unverified video circulating on social media showed a body – that appeared to be clad in camo gear – lying on top of a beige-colored building outside the farm grounds.
Trump was mid-sentence, saying ‘Take a look at what happened’ when the sh0ts began to ring out shortly before 6pm ET, with terrified screams filling the air as he and onlookers dived to the ground.
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Law enforcement officials stand over a body on the roof of a building just outside the Butler Farm Grounds. This is believed to be the gunman who sh0t Donald Trump
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Donald Trump is seen with his fist in the air under a Stars and Stripes flag after Saturday’s sh00ting in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the president was injured, with the sh00ter and a bystander both k!lled
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Bystanders are seen in the aftermath of the sh00ting. The man in the blood-splattered white t-shirt is an ER physician who told CBS News that he tried to help a bystander k!lled in the sh00ting. The dead bystander was on the ground just behind the man in blood-stained white
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A bloodied Trump is surrounded by Secret Service personnel moments after being sh0t
In the moments after the sh00ting, voices could be heard screaming ‘The sh00ter is down’ as Trump dived to the floor and frightened rallygoers screamed with fear.
The 45th president was seen ducking down with blood coming from his ear. Trump has since issued a statement on TruthSocial detailing what happened to him.
He wrote: ‘I was sh0t 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, sh0ts, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!’
It had previously been suggested that Trump was struck and injured by a piece of a shattered teleprompter.
Seconds later, the blood-covered lawmaker pumped his fist in the air to indicate that he was fine, while surrounded by Secret Service agents, before being led away.
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An extraordinary photo shows Donald Trump on the ground at Butler Show Grounds in Pennsylvania Saturday after he was injured in a sh00ting that left two people dead
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Donald Trump pumps his fist moments after being sh0t at a re-election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening
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This is the moment Trump was injured – reportedly by a piece of flying teleprompter shattered by the gunsh0ts
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A wider sh0t shows Trump being surrounded by Secret Service agents on the stage while stunned supporters look on. Security officials could be heard screaming ‘the sh00ter is down’ in the moments after gunfire erupted
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The president is seen being pushed into a Secret Service SUV, his raised fist still in the air
Realizing their hero was uninjured and that the immediate danger appeared to have passed, the crowd began chanting ‘USA, USA’ as he was rushed away and bundled into a Secret Service SUV.
Team Trump says the former president is ‘fine’ and that further updates on his condition would follow soon.
A medical helicopter was seen taking off from the rally site 19 minutes after the sh00ting and is believed to be headed for a hospital in nearby Pittsburgh, The New York Times reported.
It is unclear if that was carrying the bystander who died, or Trump himself.
A blood-covered ER doctor told CBS News that he had treated the dead bystander and that they had suffered severe injuries.
The doctor, who did not give his name, said: ‘I heard the sh0ts. I thought it was firecrackers begin with.
‘Somebody over there was screaming ‘he’s been sh0t he’s been sh0t.
‘So I made my way over. I said I’m an emergency department physician. Let me help you.’
‘The guy had spun around was jammed between the benches and a head sh0t here. There’s lots of blood and he had brain matter.
‘So I got him together so I got people there really helpful. I did CPR chest compressions as well.’
A medical helicopter could be heard coming in to land as the doctor spoke and he indicated that he believed the aircraft was there for the bystander he’d just treated.
Donald Trump Jr has since said that his father is in ‘good spirits’ and shared a tweet of his bloodied father with his fist raised captioned: ‘He will never stop fighting to Save America.’
Dramatic footage that has swept the world showed popping sounds ring out as the 2024 presidential hopeful was on stage addressing a large crowd of supporters.
Trump could be seen ducking as screams rang out and fans in MAGA t-shirts stood behind him threw themselves to the ground.
It is unclear where the sh00ter fired the sh0ts from, or what kind of weapon was used. Secret Service agents face urgent questions about how they were able to put a former president – who is current favorite to be 47th president – face mortal peril.
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Donald Trump is pictured with blood on his face moments after sh0ts rang out at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday
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The site of the Trump rally in Butler County Show Grounds is pictured before Trump came on stage. The president spoke on the stage just below the hoisted American flag with a crowd standing behind him.
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President Biden is seen addressing reporters after Saturday’s sh00ting – he branded the incident ‘sick’ and said he was ‘grateful’ to hear that the former president was ‘safe and doing well’
President Biden says he is ‘grateful to hear that (Trump) is safe and doing well’ and that he is ‘praying’ for the Trumps while awaiting further information.
Biden added: ‘There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.’
The president has since appeared live on TV to further condemn the sh00ting, branding it ‘sick’.
Vice President Kamala Harris is being briefed on the sh00ting.
Former President Barack Obama has also condemned the sh00ting, saying: ‘There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy.
‘Although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics.
‘Michelle and I are wishing him a quick recovery.’
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