#CNN reporting a Secret Service report that several shots were fired by the suspect from an elevated position outside the security perimeter. The FBI and ATF are leading the investigation.
#BIden says he's tried to reach "Donald." #Trump is with his doctors. Will keep trying to reach him.
Biden condemns the violence, thanks the Secret Service and the state/local police.
Doesn't have all the details, may come back on-air later tonight or release a statement.
The rally should have been allowed to proceed in peace.
"It appears he's doing well."
BREAKING #BIden to address the nation in about two minutes.
BREAKING From President #Biden just now on Zombie Twitter:
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I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald #Trumpβs rally in Pennsylvania.
Iβm grateful to hear that heβs safe and doing well. Iβm praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.
Jill and I are grateful to the Secret Service for getting him to safety. Thereβs no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.
#CNN is interviewing a witness who was in the bleachers. He was near the spectator who died. He says the spectator was hit in the head and died instantly. The police covered the victim's head before removing the body.
BREAKING #CNN also repeats unconfirmed reports that the shooter was on a "low roof" outside the perimeter.
BREAKING #CNN reports that the shooter was killed by the Secret Service.
BREAKING #CNN reports the shooter is dead, one spectator is dead, another spectator is in serious condition.
The shooter's cause of death has not be realized, i.e. suicide or police response.
BREAKING Wolf Blitzer on #CNN just said he heard what I heard: "The shooter is down."
BREAKING #CNN is replaying the video ... I specifically heard a Secret Service agent say, "The shooter is down."
Sounds to me like two volleys of shots. The first may have been the shooter. The second may have been the Secret Service. Just my speculation.
BREAKING From #WaPo:
"Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said two people are dead, including an apparent shooter."
BREAKING Spectrum News reports the county DA as saying the #Trump shooter is dead, and a person in the crowd is also dead. Looking for details ...
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