Trump says he was shot in the ear at rally, with 1 spectator dead and 2 others injured

Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally successful in Butler, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Gunshots were fired Saturday astatine erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine his rally successful Butler, Pa., constabulary said.

One rally attendee is dormant and 2 others are successful captious condition, nan Secret Service said. The suspected shooter is dead, a spokesperson added.

Trump was rushed disconnected shape and nan rally ended soon thereafter. Images from nan segment showed humor connected Trump’s face. The Secret Service said Trump “is fine.”

Here’s what to know:

Here’s what to know:

• Trump said connected Truth Social that he was changeable “with a slug that pierced nan precocious portion of [his] correct ear.”
• An eyewitness astatine nan rally said he heard six to 8 shots and saw a rally attendee conscionable down him who appeared to beryllium very hurt.
• In a property briefing held successful Rehoboth Beach, Del., Biden said he has tried to speak pinch Trump. He said he heard that Trump is doing well, and denounced each forms of unit successful American politics.
• Historians say nan attack marks 1 of nan astir superior acts of governmental unit involving starring governmental figures successful caller memory.

NPR is providing live updates arsenic nan business develops.

One rally attendee was killed and 2 others were critically injured, U.S. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said successful a news release.

That does not see nan suspected shooter, who nan Secret Service “neutralized” and is besides now dead, confirmed Guglielmi.

At astir 6:15 p.m. connected Saturday astatine nan Trump rally successful Pennsylvania, Guglielmi wrote successful a connection connected X, “a suspected shooter fired aggregate shots toward nan shape from an elevated position extracurricular of nan rally venue.”

The concealed work is taking complete nan investigation, he added.

The U.S. Secret Service said 1 spectator was killed and 2 different spectators were critically injured erstwhile a “suspected shooter fired aggregate shots toward nan shape from an elevated position extracurricular of nan rally venue.”

The Secret Service said its unit “neutralized” nan shooter, who is now dead.

Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger told CNN that nan shooter was “outside of nan grounds, truthful to speak. Quite frankly, I don’t cognize really he would’ve gotten to nan location wherever he was.”

Goldinger said that location are still group successful nan crime segment and said he’s been told nan segment is “chaos.”

“It’s really crazy correct now,” he added.

Goldinger said he had not been fixed nan personality of nan shooter and said he is not judge that accusation has been given.

“Sadly, possibly it’s conscionable nan authorities of our existent governmental situation, but we request to deliberation [about] what happened.”