reports that was "injured" but is "safe."

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Here's a photo from showing blood on 's face as he was led away from the rally.

BREAKING video shows reach for his ear, then go to the ground. reports that a man in the crowd behind was hit in the head by the round.

Keep in mind ... ALL OF THIS IS UNCONFIRMED AT THIS TIME.

BREAKING Here is the breaking news report of the apparent assassination attempt. Again, he walked off the stage defiant, surrounded by Secret Service.

youtube.com/watch?v=zfYotZZ2Er

BREAKING Spectrum News reports the county DA as saying the shooter is dead, and a person in the crowd is also dead. Looking for details ...

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BREAKING From :

"Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said two people are dead, including an apparent shooter."

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BREAKING 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 Wolf Blitzer on just said he heard what I heard: "The shooter is down."

BREAKING 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.

As an aside ... In response to the assassination attempt, Elon Musk just announced on Zombie Twitter that he's endorsing . ๐Ÿ™„

As someone who served in law enforcement ... PLEASE do not take as fact the various reports being posted right now, especially those not citing a source. Law enforcement will follow the evidence and tell you what happened once they know the truth.

BREAKING reports that the shooter was killed by the Secret Service.

BREAKING also repeats unconfirmed reports that the shooter was on a "low roof" outside the perimeter.

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 From President just now on Zombie Twitter:

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I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald โ€™s rally in Pennsylvania.

Iโ€™m grateful to hear that heโ€™s safe and doing well. Iโ€™m 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. Thereโ€™s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.

says he's tried to reach "Donald." 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."

reports that the campaign has suspended running TV and social media ads, asks campaign staff to refrain from commenting on social media for now.

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.

showing video of a 30-vehicle motorcade that just left the Butler PA hospital. No announcement was made if was in the motorcade; given the number of police and other security vehicles in the motorcade, I'm pretty sure they're moving him, probably to his campaign aircraft, in my opinion.

reports that, in addition to the killed spectator, there are now two known injured spectators.

quotes law enforcement sources as saying witnesses saw a person walking through a field outside the perimeter, then saw him on a roof with a rifle. The witnesses also were outside the perimeter, listening to the rally.

Calling it a night, so you'll have to get updates from authoritative sources. PLEASE do not believe what you see posted in social media, unless the post cites a credible source, and that source's evidence.

A lot of horrid things are being said right now in social media, including here. Having gone through many of these over the decades, I can't stress too strongly that we need to set an example and not act like the people who exploit this for personal glorification.

Good night. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

Overnight ... From : identifies would-be assassin as 20-year old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park PA. Crooks was registered Republican but apparently gave $15 to a progressive PAC in January 2021. The deceased suspect had no identifying information on his body.

cnn.com/2024/07/14/us/trump-sh

The warns that fake videos and photos are already circulating about yesterday's assassination attempt, in particular one claiming to be made by the shooter.

DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING unless it comes from a credible source.

Random shooter updates I gleaned during lunch, reading reliable sources ...

Other than Trump, three shooting victims. The deceased, I'll keep the graphic description <redacted>, but he died instantly. The other two are critical.

Police found two explosives in the suspect's car, and a third at his residence. (Unclear to me if he was living with his family or on his own.)

I'll be curious to find out what kind of rounds he was using, given the graphic nature of the wounds ... (1/x)

I've been out of law enforcement for nearly 40 years, but the principles remain.

The big flaw to me is how that roof wasn't covered. That was the lesson from Dallas, all those elevated positions.

Why wasn't there a police helicopter? Maybe didn't want the noise. Maybe the rural agencies didn't have one. An elevated platform would have spotted the shooter.

From what I saw on TV, the response on the stage was textbook.

Much still to be learned. We need to be patient. (2/x)

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@WordsmithFL Yes, this is a cold statement to make, but this is why Dems lose. Theyโ€™re too polite to attack Trump right now, while the GOP already is fundraising off this and blaming Biden. No, Dems should be going for the jugular about how Trump is dividing the country and precipitating violence. Sorry not sorry.

@lifeinthePNW @WordsmithFL Every word of this! I'm been screaming this for months

@WordsmithFL Good Night and sweet dreamsโœจ May tomorrow bring cooler heads and cooler temps.

@WordsmithFL That donation thing is weird...I wonder if it was his father who made the donation - it was made in January 2021, when he was a 17 year old HS student. It seems a very strange thing for a kid too young to vote to donate to. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿป

@Honeybee0427 I've known a number of people who register with the opposition party just to cast a prank vote, e.g. vote for the worst candidate to ensure their party wins. A possibility.

$15 seems not unreasonable for someone just starting to become active in politics. But it hasn't been confirmed 100% certain that he made the donation.

@WordsmithFL Great 0_o , this is going to be worldwide insanity and now that media has lost their damn minds and are mostly owned by #45 supporting billionaires we really need to trust them this happens , I'll trust the FBI on this for sure and a few other sources.

@WordsmithFL At first I thought Trump faked being shot. How could he have blood on his ear and not a bullet in his head. If he had looked back at the crowd, a second before the shot, his brains would have been spattered all over the people behind him.

@BFBucky1 @WordsmithFL I said for sure this is a stunt. Will never convince me otherwise. Never

@Tbdev A source that cites verifiable evidence and has a proven track record. That's easy enough.

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@WordsmithFL yes.. the second shot, he covered his ear and then he went down and someone said "The Shooter is Down" after that

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