It’s just breaking that Trump has been rushed off stage by Secret Service at his Pennsylvania rally.
Trump’s ear was visibly bleeding from some type of injury, perhaps from a gunshot.
Here’s the video:
BREAKING: Donald Trump rushed off stage at Pennsylvania rally pic.twitter.com/n17sOC9XKB
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 13, 2024
Fox News says they can’t confirm it was a gunshot and pointed out that everyone that gets into the rally has to go through security checks and metal detectors.
UPDATE: Here’s more video that seems to indicate several gunshots were fired:
FLASH: SHOTS FIRED AT PENNSYLVANIA TRUMP RALLY!
DONALD TRUMP RUSHED OFF STAGE BY @SecretService! pic.twitter.com/NAyG0uvjBf— John Basham (@JohnBasham) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 2: Here’s the statement from the Secret Service:
“An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. 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.”
UPDATE 3: You can hear the Secret Service yelling the “shooter is down”:
You can hear secret service say “shooter is down” confirming that this was an assassination attempt against former president Donald J. Trump. pic.twitter.com/wvftyEBmTZ
— AG (@PaperlessClip) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 4: Here’s a video of the potential shooter being carried out by law enforcement:
Footage of Trumps potential shooter?
Immediately after sounded like return shots fired this guy is dragged out of the crowd bloody? pic.twitter.com/d4cG9PqIn7
— Luke Alexander 🥂🦇 (@Lukealexxander) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 5: In the video above you can see someone laying on the ground in a red shirt behind where they are carrying out the shooter a potential victim, appearing to be injured or worse:
UPDATE 6: Law enforcement says there were two other victims:
Update: per official briefed by Pittsburgh LE colleague, there are other 2 other victims being transported to area hospitals.
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 7: Katie Pavlich reports someone in the front row saw two shooters:
Just spoke on the phone to Ambassador Kip Tom, who was sitting in the front row at the Trump rally. He told me he believes there were two shooters, saying shots at President Trump came from different directions. He also saw others get hit. He also said he saw "gun smoke."
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 8: Here’s a statement from the Trump campaign:
From the Trump Campaign: pic.twitter.com/4RcUoxKB2i
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 9: The Butler County DA says Trump grazed by gunfire, shooter is dead and an audience member killed. Another person in serious condition:
Butler county district attorney Richard Goldinger tells me Trump was grazed by gunfire but is safe. An audience member was killed and the shooter is dead. Another person is in serious condition, the prosecutor said.
— Meryl Kornfield (@MerylKornfield) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 10: An ER doc was there and he rushed to help someone who was shot. He explains what he saw, saying the gunman had been shot in the head and he could see brain matter:
An emergency room doctor I spoke with tried to save someone’s life in the crowd @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/OJvScwRLRk
— jake rosen (@JakeMRosen) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 11: Man saw the shooter crawl up on a roof with a rifle. The man was trying to alert law enforcement that he was up there with a rifle and then shots rang out. He said he saw the Secret Service shoot the man, said they blew his head off:
this BBC interview with a guy outside the security perimeter who claims he saw the shooter before he fired is absolutely wild pic.twitter.com/vJpKZTxSAe
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 12: Here’s a photo of Trump on the ground:
He doesn’t need this job.
He has sacrificed so much.He simply wants to Make America Great Again for us. pic.twitter.com/VUswIzSooq
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 14: Here is video of the shooter laying on the roof of a building, just like the redheaded man told the BBC:
NEW: Video purportedly shows deceased shooter on roof near Trump rally pic.twitter.com/P0TtiQ0eaI
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 15: Newsmax is said to be reporting that Trump was hit by shrapnel from the teleprompter:
Newsmax is reporting that Trump was hit by shrapnel from the teleprompter.
The irony of Trump (a man who hates teleprompters) being potentially saved by a teleprompter.
— Cryptid Politics (pro-DeSantis) 🇺🇸🐊 (@CryptidPolitics) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 16: The White House has just issued this statement:
Statement from the White House: pic.twitter.com/x0pM9je69a
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 16: The New York Post just reported: “The shooter, identified as a Chinese man, was in a sniper position located hundreds of yards away from Trump’s podium in Butler, Pa. as he spoke to a campaign crowd, sources said.”
I’ve deleted update 13 for now…
UPDATE 17: Here’s more on Trump being hit by glass fragments instead of a bullet…
NEW: A Pennsylvania police source tells @NEWSMAX they believe Pres. Trump was not struck by a bullet, but hit by glass fragments.
They believe a teleprompter may have been hit, causing glass to hit the president.
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 18: It’s being reported there is a heavy police presence outside of Trump Tower:
NOW: Heavy police presence pulled up outside NYC Trump Tower after former President Trump was possibly shot or grazed as shots rung out at Pennsylvania rally.
Video by @peterhvideo @FreedomNTV [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/g1jO5S73g9
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) July 13, 2024
UPDATE 19: Sean Davis from the Federalist is reporting that Biden’s DHS stonewalled the Trump campaign’s request for a more beefed up security:
BREAKING: A source familiar with Trump’s security detail tells @FDRLST that the former and future president’s detail has been asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden’s DHS.
DHS, which oversees Secret Service protective detail “wasn’t responsive to those requests” for more resources, the source said…
Developing…
UPDATE 20: Here’s a better video of the shooting when it happen. You see Trump grabbing his ear immediately after the first shot:
UPDATE 21: Below is an amazing photo of the bullet passing by Trump’s head:
WOW! Remarkable photo shows bullet shot at President Trump.
The cowardly gunman is dead.
(📷: Doug Mills / NYT) pic.twitter.com/B5S7Q7eD36
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 14, 2024
I’ll have more on this as I get it…

