An assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump occurred Saturday afternoon as shots rang out at a campaign event in Pennsylvania.In video of the event, several shots rang out, with Trump grabbing the right side of his head.Secret Service agents jumped in and surrounded the ex-president."Shooter's down, shooter's down," an agent can be heard yelling.Officers wielding automatic weapons took positions in front of the podium.Trump was walked off the stage by the Secret Service. The former president was pumping his fist as he was escorted off stage. Video shows what appears to be blood on his right ear.Trump raised his fist into the air and yelled "fight!" The crowd responded with chants of "USA,USA!"Trump was hustled into an armoured limo as whisked away.The Secret Service issued a statement saying Trump was "fine" and is undergoing treatment.WTAE reported law enforcement said the shooter is dead..One witness told CNN that a crowd member standing behind Trump had been shot in the head."Butler county district attorney Richard Goldinger tells me Trump was grazed by gunfire but is safe. An audience member was killed and the shooter is dead. Another person is in serious condition, the prosecutor said," The Washington Post reported.One video is purported to show the dead gunman on a nearby roof..The New York Post said “Witnesses desperately tried to warn police that a rifle-toting sniper was crawling on a roof moments before gunfire erupted at the Trump rally Saturday.” "’You could clearly see him with a rifle,’" the man, wearing a MAGA 2020 hat, told BBC News. "We're pointing at him. The police are down there running around on the ground.” "We're like, 'Hey, man, this guy on the roof with a rifle.' And the police were like, 'Huh?' They didn't know what was going on." Media is reporting one person in the crowd was killed and two others are in serious condition. President Joe Biden addressed the assassination attempt, calling the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump “sick” and said he tried to call his general-election rival at the hospital following the shooting at a Pennsylvania rally. “I have tried to get ahold of Donald. He’s with his doctors. Apparently, he’s doing well. I plan on talking to him shortly, I hope, when I get back to the telephone,” the 81-year-old president said near his Rehoboth Beach, Del., vacation home. “Look, there’s no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s sick. It’s one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this.” “I’m going back to my phone to speak with the federal agencies that are being put together, again, to give me an updated briefing as anything happened, if they learned more in the last couple hours. So thank you very much, and I hope I get to speak to him tonight, and I’ll get back to you if I do.” Former President Barack Obama said in a statement on X, “Although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics." Another former president, George W. Bush, released this statement on X, “Laura and I are grateful that President Trump is safe following the cowardly attack on his life. And we commend the men and women of the Secret Service for their speedy response.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also on X, said,” I’m sickened by the shooting at (sic) former President Donald Trump. It cannot be overstated political violence is never acceptable. My thoughts are with former President Trump, those at the event and all Americans.” On his Truth Social account, Trump said “I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement on the shooting that took place in Butler Pennsylvania. 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. 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. 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 that what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!" Trump was in the rally in Butler as stop before attending the Republican National Convention, which starts on Monday.
