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

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.

#Politics As an aside ... In response to the assassination attempt, Elon Musk just announced on Zombie Twitter that he's endorsing #Trump. 🙄

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 #CNN reports that the shooter was killed by the Secret Service.

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

#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 From President #Biden just now on Zombie Twitter:

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I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald #Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania.

I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well. I’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. There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it.

BREAKING #BIden to address the nation in about two minutes.

#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."

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

#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.

#CNN showing video of a 30-vehicle motorcade that just left the Butler PA hospital. No announcement was made if #Trump 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.

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

#CNN 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. 🇺🇲

Overnight ... From #CNN: #FBI identifies would-be #Trump 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.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/us/trump-shooting-thomas-matthew-crooks-intl-hnk/index.html

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

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

Random #Trump 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 #Trump 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)

@WordsmithFL I mean he already did with his donation so

@DevinY1 Elon is always the attention whore.

@WordsmithFL His large donation not so long ago already told us that.

@WordsmithFL Yes, this is a cold statement to make, but this is why Dems lose. They’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 what great Police work....

@WordsmithFL

Good night, my friend.

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

@WordsmithFL Thank you.

@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. 🤷🏻

@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

@WordsmithFL and
What’s credible source these days?

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

@WordsmithFL RIP

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