Kathmandu, July 14: A shooting incident occurred at former President Donald J. Trump’s election rally in Pennsylvania. The New York Times reported that two people, including the shooter and another individual, died in the shooting.
At the rally in Pennsylvania, according to individuals briefed on the matter, a person fired at Trump, resulting in the deaths of the shooter and a spectator. Trump, the Republican candidate for the November election, was seen with blood on his face as he was hurriedly escorted off the stage. According to a Secret Service official, Trump is “safe.”
Doug Mills/The New York Times
Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Doug Mills/The New York Times
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President Biden condemned the incident where an armed person fired at former President Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Eyewitnesses reported that Trump’s face and ear were bloodied.
According to eyewitnesses, the Secret Service also shot and killed the suspected shooter.
Trump is “fine,” a spokesman for his campaign reported. Secret Service agents removed him from the stage and escorted him to his motorcade. The New York Times wrote that as Trump was being taken to his motorcade, he spoke to the crowd in a defiant tone.
Here’s what else to know:
- President Biden said in a statement that he had been briefed on the shooting and condemned it. “I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well,” he said, adding that “there’s no place for this kind of violence in America.”
- Mr. Trump had been showing supporters a chart of numbers about border crossings when shots rang out. He ducked quickly after the noises began, with the sound coming from the bleachers left of where he was standing at a lectern. The noises came in two groups, and smoke appeared in that section of the bleachers. Mr. Trump was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade, with his face and right ear bloodied as he was rushed off the stage. As he was escorted to his motorcade, he pumped his fist in a defiant gesture to the crowd.
- Gov. Josh Shapiro, Democrat of Pennsylvania, said in a statement that he had been briefed and that the state police were on the scene working with federal partners. The Secret Service is leading the investigation, but the Justice Department, the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will assist, according to federal officials.
- Republicans and Democrats alike were quick to condemn what they viewed as an apparent act of political violence. “I am horrified by what happened at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and relieved that former President Trump is safe,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, said in a statement. Representative Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, who was shot in 2017, said that “there is never any place for political violence.”
- After what sounded like gun shots rang out minutes into the campaign event, members of the crowd began screaming, and Mr. Trump was tackled by Secret Service agents. After he departed, a group of officials wearing camouflage escorted someone off a set of bleachers to the left of the podium where Mr. Trump was speaking.
- Those who attend Mr. Trump’s campaign rallies are subject to security screenings. They are required to enter through metal detectors, and their bags and possessions are searched for weapons and a large number of banned items.
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