Video appears to show the suspect's body at the scene of the shooting at former President Trump's rally in Pennsylvania. NBC News confirmed from multiple law enforcement officials that the suspect was male and is deceased.
that Trump is "safe," and his campaign said he is "fine," adding that he was "checked out at a local medical facility."
"The tremendous bravery of the individual United States Secret Service agents who protected President Trump, eliminated the gunman, and possibly averted more loss of life cannot be overstated," Comer, R-Ky., wrote in a letter to Cheatle.A video appears to show the body of a possible shooter on the roof of a building near where people were gathered for Trump’s rally.
"That man will rise up stronger," said Prowell."They missed. Unfortunately, they hit someone else. So he will be fine. He will be strong. Security will have to be stronger, but … they missed."Biden said the nation must unite in condemning such political violence. He said every pertinent federal agency was being scrambled to respond and investigate.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
“I jumped over the barricades. I ran up into the bleachers, and there was a towel that people had. I took the towel and I pushed it against the deceased’s head,” Elmore said, “but my efforts were in vain.”“You have the freedom of speech; you have the freedom to assemble. You have the freedom — you can go protest the fact that President Trump was there. OK, that’s fine, but to try to kill, to shoot into a crowd of thousands of people, I can’t fathom that,” he said."He was grazed in the neck.
The witness, who gave his name only as Greg, said he was listening to the speech outside the rally site when he saw a man"bear crawling" up the roof of a building about 50 feet away with a rifle. In posts to X, Telegram and niche online spaces, users claimed that the identification had come from the Butler Police Department. The posts included a photo of a man in sunglasses and a black hat, alleging it was a screenshot from a video posted to YouTube before the attack in which the man claimed “justice was coming.” That was all false.The posts were shared by verified accounts on X. One popular verified account known to spread misinformation posted the claim to 1.
But some of his Republican allies were less restrained in pointing fingers in the immediate aftermath — including Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who “I’m really concerned as we go forward that there’s something wrong in America right now,” Kelly said. “The way politics goes in this country, it just seems like it’s very polarized,” he said. “Everyone’s just very angry. I’m honestly shocked this didn’t happen earlier.”Republican lawmakers are seizing on legislation Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., introduced more than two months ago that would strip Trump of his Secret Service protection if he were sentenced to prison in his New York case or other cases.
Thompson responded to Republicans in a statement, saying the legislation was aimed at clarifying"the lines of authority when a protectee is sentenced to prison."Some Republican politicians and media personalities have begun to point fingers for today’s shooting, assigning blame to Biden and Democrats.
Asher said she initially thought firecrackers were going off, and recalled hearing six “pops.” When she noticed Trump had gone down, Asher realized that rallygoers were all in a situation where they could get hurt, and she was thinking she needed to get down and stay down.Asher said she worried for her husband who was there with her, as well as other rallygoers she had met and who might be injured.
"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!" he wrote.
The assertion could answer a question that quickly emerged following the violence — namely how a gunman got a firearm past security and its gun-detecting magnetometers. In this view, they apparently didn't."We are praying for him, his family, and all those who have been injured and impacted by this senseless shooting," Harris said in a statement.
"Laura and I are grateful that President Trump is safe following the cowardly attack on his life," tweeted George W. Bush."And we commend the men and women of the Secret Service for their speedy response.”"Hillary and I are thankful that President Trump is safe, heartbroken for all those affected by the attack at today’s rally in Pennsylvania, and grateful for the swift action of the U.S. Secret Service,” Clinton tweeted.
A couple of yards away, he said he saw a man — a fellow spectator — fall to the bottom of the bleachers after being shot in the back of the head. He said the man was facing the former president and appeared to be in the way of someone who was aiming and firing at Trump. Another woman nearby appeared to have been shot in the forearm or in the hand, he said, adding that he counted seven shots and the injured woman was hit within those first seven shots."There’s no place for this kind of violence in America," Biden said."We must unite as one nation to condemn it."
“Everything is OK,” Blair wrote. “We have no details to share at this time but will follow up soon with more information.” Associated phrases like “BB gun” also made it into X’s trending tab, with some people claiming without evidence that the weapon used in the incident was a BB gun or a weaker class of firearm.
"For weeks Democrat leaders have been fueling ludicrous hysteria that Donald Trump winning re-election would be the end of democracy in America," the congressman said ona gunman opened fire on members of the Republican congressional baseball teamNBC News' Dasha Burns spoke to a witness at the scene in Butler who said she was in the front row, directly in front of Trump, when shots appeared to ring out.
“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," Obama said."Michelle and I are wishing him a quick recovery.”Wisconsin Gov.
Trump was then quickly escorted offstage, put into the motorcade, and from that point forward, no one knew where he was. "President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act," the campaign said.Trump does not have a protective pool of reporters with him, which is what he had during his time as president and what Biden has around him now.
Trump was escorted off the stage and into a van after the loud popping noises that appeared to sound like gunshots. BET announced that the interview will be conducted by Ed Gordon and that the president will be given the opportunity to"speak directly to Black America.
One of the meetings will be with the Congressional Progressive Caucus, followed by one with the more moderate New Democrat Coalition.
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