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Trump injured in
shooting at
Pennsylvania rally that
left at least 1 dead
By Tori B. Powell, Shania Shelton, Matt Meyer,
Isabelle D'Antonio and Emma Tucker, CNN
Updated 8:18 PM EDT, Sat July 13, 2024
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Secret Service agents rush Trump oP the stage at rally in
Pennsylvania
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▪ JUST IN: A gunman and one audience
member are dead after a shooting at former
President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler,
Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, according
to the local district attorney. Another
spectator is in serious condition.
▪ Trump was injured in the shooting. He
dropped to the ground and was swarmed
by Secret Service agents after shots rang
out while he spoke onstage, and he had
blood on his face as he was rushed away.
▪ The Secret Service said Trump is safe and
under protective measures. A spokesperson
said Trump is “fine” after the “heinous act.”
▪ The shooting is being investigated as an
attempted assassination, according to law
enforcement oZcials.
▪ The shooting came after a busy day of
campaigning for both Trump and President
Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race.
Biden said he’s “grateful” Trump is OK.
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27 min ago
Rally attendee describes
"complete pandemonium"
and confusion after shooting
Joseph Mine speaks with CNN on Saturday, July 13. CNN
One attendee at the Trump rally described the
shooting on Saturday night as “complete
pandemonium,” with some in the crowd
unsure of what was happening at first.
“It seemed initially like firecrackers went oP,”
Joseph Mine told CNN from Butler,
Pennsylvania, where the shooting happened.
“One half of the crowd on the far end of
the rally thought it was some type of weird
joke, the other half of the crowd knew it
wasn’t, and was trying to push or impress
upon the rest of the crowd that this is
serious. I think everyone got the idea of —
very quickly — that it was a dangerous
situation, and everyone just started
hitting the deck,” he said.
He described seeing a man in the bleachers
near him hit in the head by gunfire, and
another woman nearby being hit in the arm.
He said it was hard to figure out which
direction the gunfire was coming from, and he
added that police moved quickly to clear the
bleachers.
“It’s something you don’t expect … it’s very
shocking,” he added. “We shouldn’t be at
a level of public political discourse in this
country where this is going on, it feels like it’s
1960.”
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36 min ago
Biden to deliver on-camera
statement "shortly"
From CNN's DJ Judd
President Joe Biden will deliver an on-camera
statement “shortly” from Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware, the White House said Saturday.
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37 min ago
Shooter was outside of
venue at Trump rally,
multiple law enforcement
sources say
From CNN's Whitney Wild, Evan Perez and Ryan Young
Three law enforcement sources confirm the
shooter was outside the venue at former
President Donald Trump’s rally in
Pennsylvania.
Two of those sources say the shooter was on
a roof, outside of the venue. Multiple law
enforcement sources have referred to this
individual as a sniper, although additional
details about that are not clear.
Butler County District Attorney Richard
Goldinger said he was told by his chief
detective that the shooter was on a building
adjacent to the property and had no
additional details on the person.
“It would have required a rifle,” he said. “It
was several hundred yards.”
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37 min ago
Biden campaign pulling TV
ads in the wake of shooting
From CNN's JeC Zeleny
A Biden campaign oZcial said the campaign
is “is pausing all outbound communications
and working to pull down our television ads as
quickly as possible.”
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43 min ago
Shooting at Trump rally is
being investigated as an
attempted assassination
From CNN’s Evan Perez
The shooting at former President Donald
Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, is being
investigated as a possible
assassination attempt, according to law
enforcement oZcials.
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39 min ago
Biden says he's "grateful"
Trump is OK after shooting
From CNN's Donald Judd
President Joe Biden exits St. Edmond’s Catholic Church in
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Saturday, July 13.
REUTERS/Tom Brenner
President Joe Biden responded to a Saturday
shooting at a Donald Trump rally that left the
former president scrambling for safety and at
least one spectator as well as the shooter
dead.
“I have been briefed on the shooting at
Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania. I’m
grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing
well. I’m praying for him and his family and
for all those who were at the rally, as we
await further information. Jill and I are
grateful to the Secret Service for getting
him to safety. There’s no place for this kind
of violence in America. We must unite as
one nation to condemn it.”
Biden has been largely out of sight at his
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home Saturday,
but was attending Mass at St. Edmund’s
Catholic Church when the shooting occurred.
The White House told reporters in Delaware
that Biden was briefed on the shooting by
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle,
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro
Mayorkas, and Homeland Security adviser Liz
Sherwood-Randall.
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41 min ago
Pelosi condemns shooting:
"I thank God" that Trump is
safe
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
condemned the shooting at former President
Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday.
“As one whose family has been the victim
of political violence, I know firsthand that
political violence of any kind has no place
in our society,” Pelosi said in a statement
posted on X.
“I thank God that former President Trump is
safe. As we learn more details about this
horrifying incident, let us pray that all those
in attendance at the former President’s
rally today are unharmed.”
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44 min ago
Shooter at Trump rally killed
by Secret Service, according
to USSS source
From CNN's Ryan Young
The shooter at the Donald Trump rally was
killed by the Secret Service, according to a
Secret Service source. An attendee was also
killed during the incident.
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46 min ago
At least one rally attendee
and the gunman are dead
after shooting at Trump rally,
district attorney says
From CNN's Pamela Brown
Republican presidential candidate and former U. President
Donald Trump is assisted by Secret Service. Brendan
McDermid/Reuters
One audience member and the gunman are
dead after a shooting at former President
Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania,
according to Butler County District Attorney
Richard Goldinger.
The district attorney also said Trump is going
to be OK and was removed by the US Secret
Service. The oZcial said a second spectator is
in serious condition.
Goldinger said he does not know if the
shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot
wound or was shot by someone else during
the incident.
The injured spectator is in serious condition,
he told CNN.
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1 hr 6 min ago
Shooter at Trump rally is
"neutralized," sources say
From CNN’s Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Zachary
Cohen, Kristen Holmes, and Phil Mattingly
A shooter at Donald Trump’s rally in
Pennsylvania has been “neutralized,”
according to multiple law enforcement
sources.
46 min ago
Senate GOP candidate Dave
McCormick was in the front
row of Trump rally and says
he saw others injured
From CNN’s Emma Tucker
Former Trump campaign adviser David Urban
told CNN he spoke with Senate Republican
candidate Dave McCormick, who was sitting
in the front row of the rally, and he believes
other people were injured in the incident.
Urban told CNN on the air that Trump told
McCormick during the rally to “come up here
on stage,” at which point he heard a few
“pops” to his left – the former president’s right
– that sounded like “firecrackers.”
“He saw Trump drop down and he believes
a gentleman was shot in the head behind
him in the second row, and believed some
other people may have been injured,”
Urban told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
McCormick dropped to the ground at that
point, and when he got up, Secret Service
agents were “around everybody and they
were scattering,” Urban continued.
Urban said he has run close to 50 Trump
rallies, which had “magnetometers all over
the place.”
“The notion that somehow, somebody was
able to get a firearm in there, is just beyond
me because there is as much security there
as there is going into any event where the
president or former president is,” he said.
1 hr 11 min ago
In pictures: Trump injured at
Pennsylvania rally
From CNN Digital’s Photo Team
Former President Donald Trump was injured
Saturday at his campaign rally in Butler,
Pennsylvania.
Blood could be seen on his ear and face after
loud bangs were heard at the rally. Secret
Service agents covered him up before helping
him away from the scene.
See more photos from the incident here.
Former President Donald Trump, with blood on his face,
raises his fist to the crowd as he is surrounded by Secret
Service agents at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,
on Saturday. Evan Vucci/AP
Blood is seen on Trump's right ear as he is helped oP the
stage. Gene J. Puskar/AP
Trump is covered by Secret Service agents after loud bangs
were heard at the rally. Evan Vucci/AP
Trump is assisted by security personnel after the bangs were
heard. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Trump can be seen under Secret Service agents covering
him. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Secret Service agents rush the stage. Evan Vucci/AP
