During a political rally, former President Donald Trump was targeted by gunfire and quickly escorted offstage. An initial message by this post reported the urgency of the situation. this post added that a gunman and a member of the audience were killed, another person was injured, and there was an unconfirmed report that Trump was grazed by the gunfire. Subsequent updates confirmed that Trump was unharmed and receiving a medical check, as revealed by Trump himself via this post. The incident sparked a series of images and updates shared by various posters (this post - this post), including potential visuals of the shooter and detailed situation analyses based on the information available on various platforms. President Joe Biden and former Presidents expressed their relief that Trump was safe (solution). There was significant discussion about the identity of the shooter with several unverified images circulating (this post, this post, this post). The Secret Service confirmed the shooter was killed after firing from an elevated position. The discussion included speculative and unverified content from various sources, reflecting the chaotic and evolving nature of breaking news events.
President Joe Biden delivered remarks after former President Donald Trump was injured and rushed offstage when gunshots were fired at his political rally.
Biden, who is running for reelection against Trump, said in a written statement after being briefed on the situation that he was glad to hear Trump is “safe and doing well.”
Both of Trump’s presidential predecessors, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, had already shared their relief that Trump appeared not to be seriously injured.
Not my words below, but a little write up from osint defender discord
So as an update of what is most likely:
Bystanders see lone male in light clothing climb onto a roof approx 400-500ft from the rally, outside containment area.
Male take out rifle and begins firing at Trump approx 10min into his speech
Upon second shot, Trump grabs ear, upon third shot he ducks
Shooter was able to get off approx 3-4 shots before Secret Service countersnipers engaged him and killed him.
At least two spectators on the stage behind Trump were hit, one killed, one critically wounded.
Trump was likely saved due to the shooter yanking the trigger, or a 5-10mph crosswind which pushed the bullets to the left of the stage (Trump’s right side), or both.
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