pThe incident also left 1 spectator dead and 2 critically injured./p
Security personnel put up barricade tape after multiple shots rung out at former US President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. “Much bleeding took place.” As the shots rang out, he grabbed his right ear with his right hand, then brought his hand down to look at it before dropping to his knees behind the podium before Secret Service agents swarmed and covered him.
In a post on his social media account Truth Social, Trump thanked the Secret Service, and other law enforcement agencies for their rapid response. “Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured,” he added. “It is incredible that such an act can take place in our country. “Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead.
The former president ducked quickly after the noises began, with the sound coming from the bleachers to the left of where he was standing at a lectern. The noises came in two groups, and smoke rose from that section of the bleachers. After he departed, a group of officials wearing camouflage escorted someone off a set of bleachers to the left of the podium where Trump was speaking. Police officials began cordoning off the area with crime-scene tape as the rally’s attendees began clearing out, and blood was visible on the bleachers.
The BBC interviewed a man who described himself as an eyewitness, saying he saw a man armed with a rifle crawling up a roof near the event. The person, whom the BBC did not identify, said he and the people he was with started pointing at the man, trying to alert security.
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