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Former President Donald Trump, the presumed 2024 Republican presidential nominee, was swept away at a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday after an intense security event.The Associated Press reported that a shooter was killed, and a rally attendee was also dead. The Trump campaign confirmed the former president was safe.
People at the event said they had stood in line for hours to get a place at the rally before something that"sounded like fireworks" were heard to the side of the bleachers. People in the crowd started to scream before the Secret Service quickly took Trump away to a motorcade and sped away. A Biden administration spokesperson confirmed that President Joe Biden, Trump's likely opponent in this November's presidential election, has been briefed on the incident.
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