While on tour for the US presidential election, Donald Trump was the target of gunfire during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13. His security detail intervened to evacuate the Republican candidate.
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Donald Trump was evacuated from the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after gunshots rang out through the crowd. The Republican candidate was holding up a board of border crossing numbers when gunshots began to echo through the crowd.
Donald Trump reached his right hand toward his neck. Blood was visible on his face. He quickly hid behind his lectern as his security detail rushed onto the stage and screams rang out from the crowd.
” We saw a lot of people throwing themselves to the ground, looking confused. I heard the gunshots, it sounded like something between firecrackers and a small caliber pistol. “, a sympathiser, John Yeykal, told AFP at the scene.
The gunfire continued as agents dealt with him on stage. The former president was escorted to a U.S. Secret Service vehicle and raised his fist before climbing into the car and being whisked away, to cheers from his supporters.
The White House announced that Joe Biden was briefed on the events at Donald Trump’s rally.
On X (formerly Twitter), Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Junior, posted a photo of his father, indicating that he ” will never stop fighting to save America “.
It was Donald Trump’s last rally before the Republican convention where he is to be officially nominated as the Republican Party’s candidate to face Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden in the November election.
More information to come.