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After being shot, Trump ducked for cover and was surrounded by [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] personnel before being helped to his feet by Secret Service with blood visible on his right ear. Trump pumped his fist in the air and shouted "Fight, fight, fight!"<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCreesh |first=Shawn |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Amid the Mayhem, Trump Pumped His Fist and Revealed His Instincts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/donald-trump-rally-shooting-2024-campaign.html |access-date=July 14, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714041926/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/donald-trump-rally-shooting-2024-campaign.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Five shots, then screams – before a bloodied Trump rose to shout 'fight, fight, fight' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/07/14/donald-trump-shot-pennsylvania-rally-how-survived/ |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=The Telegraph |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714182322/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/07/14/donald-trump-shot-pennsylvania-rally-how-survived/ |url-status=live }}</ref> before being hurried to a vehicle<ref name="Barnes-2024">{{Cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Julian E. |last2=Gold |first2=Michael |last3=Levien |first3=Simon J. |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Live Updates: Trump 'Safe' After Shooting at Rally; Suspect Killed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election |url-access=subscription |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]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Layne |first1=Nathan |last2=Mcdermid |first2=Brendan |last3=Mason |first3=Jeff |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump shot in right ear at campaign rally, shooter dead |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sounds-multiple-shots-heard-trump-rally-pennsylvania-video-2024-07-13/ |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> and taken to a hospital. He was released a few hours later in stable condition. The shooting is being investigated as an attempted [[assassination]].<ref name="theguardian_071324">{{Cite news |last1=Smith |first1=David |last2=Vargas |first2=Ramon Antonio |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump rally shooting being investigated as suspected attempt on his life |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/13/trump-rally-gun-shots-pennsylvania |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714020639/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/13/trump-rally-gun-shots-pennsylvania |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
This was the first attempted assassination of a former or current United States president since [[Ronald Reagan]] was [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|shot in 1981]], and the first shooting of an active presidential candidate since the [[George Wallace#Attempted assassination|attempted assassination]] of [[George Wallace]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brasted |first1=Chelsea |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Trump rally violence recalls historic presidential attacks |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/07/14/last-assassination-attempt-president-trump-shot-reagan |access-date=July 14, 2024 |agency=Axios}}</ref> Experts considered the shooting
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