from ZeroHedge:
Summary (footage below):
- Shooter reported to be 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, NY Post. No official confirmation has been made.
- Trump has responded, saying on Truth Social “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.”
- Secret Service says one spectator was killed and two were critically injured.
- Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear by a would-be assassin at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
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- Trump could be seen grabbing his ear and falling to the ground, before standing up and walking off stage.
- Approximately nine shots rang out.
- A member of the crowd, as well as the shooter, are dead following the assassination attempt.
- One Trump supporter says he alerted Secret Service before the shooting and was ignored.
- Trump’s team reportedly asked for ‘beefed up protection’ and was rebuffed over and over by Biden DHS.
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Update (0013ET): The shooter has been identified by the NY Post as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel park, PA. According to sources, crooks was planted on the roof of a manufacturing plant over 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show Grounds.
Update (2350ET): Watch as the FBI, Secret Service and state police hold presser following the Trump assassination attempt.
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Update (2126ET): President Trump has responded on Truth Social, writing: “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.”
Trump has been released from the hospital:
