Scandal-plagued former President Donald J. Trump was just whisked off the stage with blood on his face by multiple Secret Service agents at his Butler, Pennsylvania campaign rally after several loud pops rang out through the crowd in what appears to be a possible assassination attempt.
In video footage of the incident that is quickly spreading across social media, former President Trump is seen suddenly crouching down as the loud noises ring throughout the rally. Multiple United States Secret Service agents immediately grab and surround the former president.
Trump was mid-sentence, showing off a chart of border crossing numbers when multiple, sudden, loud bangs began to ring out. The loud pops sounded like gunshots and Donald Trump immediately grasped at his neck and the side of his face with his right hand.
There appeared to be a significant amount of blood streaked across the right side of his face.
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Trump ducked behind the riser as agents of his Secret Service protective detail rushed the stage while screams rang out from the crowd. Even as agents swarmed the former president on the rally stage, the loud bang continued.
Donald Trump was seen attempting to fistbump and scream something intelligible at the crowd as his protective detail whisked him off the stage.
The former president’s motorcade has departed from the event location.
Donald Trump’s condition is not immediately clear, but he appeared shaken and mildly injured but overall unharmed.
The U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies have not yet responded to questions.
Reporters approached President Joe Biden as he was leaving Mass in Rehoboth Beach and asked if he had been briefed on the incident. Biden simply responded, “No.”
This story is breaking and still developing. It will be updated with new information as it becomes available.
You can watch the video here:
Trump raises a fist in defiance seconds after getting shot in the head
Blood is still dripping from his face pic.twitter.com/9SSb7daEuJ
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