Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON, 15th July. According to US Secret Service on Sunday stated that Donald Trump touched the right side of his face after what seemed like the first two shots and ducked himself to the ground.
Trump was shot at an election rally in a possible assassination attempt a day before the Republican Party is scheduled to open its convention in Milwaukee to formally declare him its nominee for the White House, media reported.
Secret Service agents threw themselves on him to protect him. When they rose, the agents had him inside protective of their bodies.
The former President appeared to be bleeding on the right side of the face. He raised a fist in the air as he was led away.
He was taken to a local medical facility for treatment, US Secret Service quoted in news media.
“I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,” former President Trump said in a post on Truth Social, the media platform he launched after he was banished from Twitter, which is now called X.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, and shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realised then what was happening.”
The shooter was identified as Mathew Thomas Crooks by US oofficials and law wnforcement.
Local authorities said he was in a low-rise building outside the rally venue.
A member of the audience is also dead. Another person was grievously wounded.
US Secret Service said in a statement: “During former President Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 13 at around 6:15 p.m., a suspected shooter fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position outside of the rally venue. US Secret Service personnel neutralised the shooter, who is now deceased. The US Secret Service quickly responded with protective measures and the former President is safe and being evaluated. One spectator was killed, and two spectators were critically injured. The incident is currently under investigation and the Secret Service has formally notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
President Joe Biden said in remarks to the nation that he had tried to speak to Trump — addressing him as “Donald” for probably the first time in public.
“I plan on talking to them shortly, he said.
He added “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence. Its sick sick… The bottom line is (the) rally should have been conducted peacefully without any problem.”
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