Trump Survives Spray Of Bullets
A would-be assassin fired and apparently hit former President Donald Trump while Trump was delivering a campaign speech Saturday afternoon in Butler, Pennsylvania. One of the bullets clipped Trump in his right ear. While he survived the attack, he could be seen with blood on his face after Secret Service agents tended to him on the stage. The crowd cheered as he defiantly pumped his fist after getting back up from the attack, and urged the crowd — “Fight.”
Secret Service agents shot and killed a man said to be behind the attack. He fired from atop a nearby roof. First reports suggested he was of Chinese extraction, but the FBI early Sunday morning identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, a suburb close to Pittsburgh, Pa. Crooks had fired from atop a roof at a nearby farm show exhibition hall.
There were also reports of a second shooter. Katie Pavlich spoke with United Nations Ambassador Kip Tom, who was watching the rally from the first row. Says Pavlich, “He told me he believes there were two shooters, saying shots at President Trump came from different directions.” Others, however, believe there was only one assassin. What led to the confusion: Counter shots fired by Secret Service to kill the assassin.
Besides the assassin, one rally attendee died in the melee of gunfire, and others suffered injuries. A full-scale Secret Service investigation is now under way. We will keep you informed as more details become known. Here is a clip from Dan Bongino.
And here are more details, from Candace Owens, drawing from a multitude of sources.
Below, a few shots of the would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks.
