Images on social media showed police officers removing an unconscious person from the stands where thousands of supporters of the tycoon were gathered.
According to CNN and The Washington Post, the attacker and a member of the public were killed. Several shots were heard and the former president was killed. Donald Trump He was taken off the scene by police officers. Secret Service. His right ear and face were bloody.
The shooting at the former president’s rally is being investigated as a possible assassination attempt, law enforcement officials confirmed to the AP. The FBI is already working at the scene.
Three law enforcement sources confirm the shooter was outside the venue where former President Trump’s campaign rally was held.
Two of those sources said the attacker was on a roof on a property near the scene of the event. Several police sources have referred to this individual as a sniper.
Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said his lead detective told him the shooter was in a building adjacent to the property. “A rifle would have been necessary. It was several hundred yards,” he added, according to The Guardian.
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