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Trump was hit by either a bullet or shrapnel, and ducked.<ref name="Watson-2024">{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |date=2024-07-13 |title=Trump says bullet "pierced the upper part of my right ear" when shots were fired at Pennsylvania rally - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-shots-pierced-injured-ear-rally-pennsylvania/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gunshots reportedly fired at Donald Trump rally – as former president rushed off stage |url=https://news.sky.com/story/shots-fired-at-donald-trump-rally-as-former-president-rushed-off-stage-13177651 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222236/https://news.sky.com/story/shots-fired-at-donald-trump-rally-as-former-president-rushed-off-stage-13177651 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |website=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> Trump later stated on [[Truth Social]] that he "was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of [his] right ear".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Colvin |first1=Jill |last2=Smyth |first2=Julie Carr |last3=Long |first3=Colleen |last4=Tucker |first4=Eric |last5=Balsamo |first5=Michael |last6=Price |first6=Michelle L. |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713045634/https://apnews.com/article/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Secret Service agents lunged toward Trump and shielded him. After around 25 seconds on the ground,<ref name="Layne-2024">{{cite news |last1=Layne |first1=Nathan |last2=Larson |first2=Soren |date=13 July 2024 |title=Pop, pop, pop, then a bloodied Trump rushed from election rally |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pop-pop-pop-then-bloodied-trump-rushed-election-rally-2024-07-14/ |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> he got up, and, with blood on his ear and face, raised and pumped his fist at the crowd. He was then escorted to a vehicle.<ref name="Watson-2024" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawther |first=Fran |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Donald Trump rushed off stage at rally after sound of gunshots ring out – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/13/trump-rally-gun-shots-pennsylvania-latest-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-6693038e8f08cb5f9ab83464#block-6693038e8f08cb5f9ab83464 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714015051/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jul/13/trump-rally-gun-shots-pennsylvania-latest-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-6693038e8f08cb5f9ab83464#block-6693038e8f08cb5f9ab83464 |url-status=live}}</ref> At least three rally-goers were hit, leaving one person dead and two critically injured.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Update from Michael Gold |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713223053/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> One of the injured was in the left-hand bleachers at the venue.<ref name="Abraham-2024" /> U.S. Representative [[Ronny Jackson]] later told [[Fox News]] that his nephew was shot in the neck.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McGraw |first1=Meridith |last2=Allison |first2=Natalie |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump 'felt the bullet ripping through the skin' during campaign rally shooting |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/13/trump-rushed-off-stage-at-pennsylvania-rally-after-possible-gunfire-00167977 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713235642/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/13/trump-rushed-off-stage-at-pennsylvania-rally-after-possible-gunfire-00167977 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |website=Politico}}</ref>
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