Former President Donald Trump was rushed off the stage with blood on the side of his head and ear after shots were fired just minutes into his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Trump’s campaign reported that he was safe. In a post on Truth Social about 2½ hours later, Trump revealed that a bullet had “pierced the upper part of my right ear.”
“I knew immediately that something was wrong when I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and then felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” Trump wrote. “There was much bleeding, so I realized what was happening.”
A spectator at the rally was killed, and two others were critically injured, according to Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi. The shooter was also killed, he said.
In his online statement, Trump thanked law enforcement and extended condolences to the families of those killed and injured.
“It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country,” he wrote.
The shots were fired from outside the Secret Service security perimeter for the rally, according to three senior U.S. law enforcement officials.
The suspected shooter fired from an elevated position outside the rally, Guglielmi stated in the Secret Service report. He added that Secret Service personnel “neutralized the shooter.”
Trump was about six minutes into his speech when he reached for the side of his face as popping sounds rang out. He crouched down as Secret Service agents rushed the stage and surrounded him. He was quickly escorted into a vehicle, walking off the stage with agents on all sides.
Trump pumped his fists in the air as he was escorted off the stage, and the crowd cheered as he raised his arms.
This is a developing story…
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