A crowd of Donald Trump’s avid supporters gathered this afternoon to watch the Republican presidential candidate deliver the next rallying cry in his campaign.
Instead, they watched as he was shot in what officials are treating as an apparent assassination attempt. Trump is “fine,” and is being checked out at a local medical facility, his spokesperson Steven Cheung told The Daily Beast shortly after the shooting. One attendee at the rally, however, was killed, while another two are in critical condition.
The former president then took to Truth Social to thank first responders, describing how he “knew immediately that something was wrong,” describing hearing “a whizzing sound.”
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The shocking event was captured on video. Here is a detailed look at events as they unfolded.
A screen grab captured from a video shows presumed Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump shortly before he was injured by gunshots at a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was bloodied on his right ear and was evacuated from the stage by Secret Service agents.
Trump Campaign Office/Handout/Anadolu via GettyThe former president began his speech to an impassioned crowd in Butler, PA, just two days before he is set to become the official Republican candidate for president at the RNC.
Appearing to react to a noise, Trump turned his head further to the right, looking off in the distance. One member of the crowd behind him, the man in the red polo shirt on the bottom left of the screen, also appeared to shift his focus quickly to the right.
Trump grasped his right ear a moment after he appeared to be struck.
The former president pulled his hand away from his ear, seeming to check to his injury.
The former president quickly ducked behind his podium and dropped to take cover. The crowd behind him reacted, with mouths falling open and the man in the red polo (on the bottom left of the screen), starts to drop down for safety.
The Secret Service tackled the former president. One woman, in between the leftmost Secret Service member and the armed Service member, can be seen covering her mouth in shock.
Trump’s detail encircled him to block any lingering danger. People in the stands behind him recorded the unfolding event.
A man yelled in the background as the crowd watched Trump being ushered away with blood on his face.
While protected by Secret Service agents and with blood streaking his cheek, Trump raised his fist.
Trump was steered off stage, his defiant fist in the air, while many in the crowd raised their phones to capture the spectacle.
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A screen grab from a video shows the suspected gunman killed by a U.S. Secret Services counter assault team, on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
Hank Jenkins/Anadolu via GettyA screenshot from another video shows the alleged sniper motionless and lying on a roof of a building roughly 148 yards from the rally. The Secret Service have confirmed they killed the individual.
