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Trump ‘safe’ after shooting at campaign rally: Secret Service

Former President Donald Trump is “safe” after shots were fired while he was speaking at a campaign rally Saturday evening in Pennsylvania, according to the Secret Service. “An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania,” U.S. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement to X. “The Secret […]

Former President Donald Trump is “safe” after shots were fired while he was speaking at a campaign rally Saturday evening in Pennsylvania, according to the Secret Service.

“An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania,” U.S. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement to X. “The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.”

Trump had just commenced his remarks Saturday evening when shots rang out and the former president was bleeding from his right ear.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Secret Service agents jumped up and surrounded Trump as they took him to the ground. A few seconds later, the agents jointly lifted him to his feet and walked him down the stage stairs to the motorcade.

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