One spectator and suspected shooter both confirmed dead after incident at Pennsylvania campaign eventTrump rally shooting – latest updatesWhat we know so farLaw enforcement agents were investigating what they suspected was an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump after a man with a rifle fired shots at him during a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler county, Pennsylvania.The Secret Service spokesperson, Anthony Gugliemi, said on X that “the former president [was] safe” following several shots, which prompted agents protecting Trump to leap on him amid the ensuing panic. Gugliemi said Secret Service agents then fatally shot the suspected attacker – who had fired toward Trump “from an elevated position outside of the rally venue”, Gugliemi said. Continue reading…
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Author : David Smith in Washington and Ramon Antonio Vargas
Publish date : 2024-07-14 03:07:11
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Trump rally shooting being investigated as attempt on his life as spectator killed
