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Chief of Communications for the United States Secret Service
Former President Trump says he was shot. In a new statement, Trump said the bullet pieced the upper part of his right ear. He said he knew something was wrong immediately, and he heard “a whizzing” sound, shots and felt the bullet ripping through his skin. He added “much bleeding took place.” Trump said he “wants to extend his condolences of the person at the rally that was killed, and he thanked the Secret Service.
The shooting at a rally for former President Donald Trump is now being called “an assassination attempt” by law enforcement.
Video from the scene in Butler, Pennsylvania shows a body on the roof of a building about 400 feet away from where the former President was speaking at a campaign rally. Although Donald Trump had blood on his face as he was taken from the stage, the Secret Service says he is safe. Law enforcement officials say the gunman, as well as an individual attending the rally are both dead.