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Other local law enforcement officers identified Crooks and felt that he might have been acting suspiciously near the event's [[magnetometer]]s; they alerted about their suspicions over the radio and together with the Secret Service kept an eye on Crooks.<ref name="CNN-2024" /> As the shots were heard, the rally attendees yelled "Duck!"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt?post=asset%3Af7e1dc40-ad11-46db-9a95-528ccdc3ccb2#post |title=Trump, with blood on face, raises fist in air |access-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714015033/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt?post=asset%3Af7e1dc40-ad11-46db-9a95-528ccdc3ccb2#post |url-status=live |website=BBC}}</ref>
Trump was shot in the upper right ear. He raised a hand to the ear before dropping down on the podium behind the lectern for cover.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Moment Trump shot at Pennsylvania rally before raising defiant fist in air |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-shot-rally-shooting-video-b2579405.html |work=The Independent |access-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714000939/https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-shot-rally-shooting-video-b2579405.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="usatodaytrumpwounded">{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Trump wounded in assassination attempt. Biden calls it 'sick': Here's what we know |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/13/donald-trump-shot-gunman-what-we-know/74396996007/ |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714055903/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/13/donald-trump-shot-gunman-what-we-know/74396996007/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Watson-2024">{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump says bullet 'pierced the upper part of my right ear' when shots were fired at Pennsylvania rally|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-shots-pierced-injured-ear-rally-pennsylvania/ |access-date=July 14, 2024 |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714014754/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-shots-pierced-injured-ear-rally-pennsylvania/ |url-status=live}}</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 |publisher=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> Secret Service agents lunged toward Trump and shielded him. After about twenty-five seconds,<ref name="Layne-2024">{{cite news |last1=Layne |first1=Nathan |last2=Larson |first2=Soren |date=July 13, 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=July 13, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> agents helped Trump get up, by which time blood was visible on Trump's ear and face and he told Secret Service agents to "Let me get my shoes. Let me get my shoes."<ref name="Layne-2024" /> Trump then [[Raised fist|raised his fist]] and [[Fist pump|pumped it]] at the crowd while mouthing the word "fight", with the crowd responding with cheers and chants of "[[U-S-A!]]"<ref name="Layne-
Crooks shot Trump and three rally goers before being killed by a sniper from the [[United States Secret Service]] [[Secret Service Counter Assault Team|Counter Assault Team]] seconds later. One rally attendee was killed.<ref name="Watson-2024" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 14, 2024 |title=Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/heres-what-we-know-about-thomas-matthew-crooks-suspected-trump-rally-shooter-2024-07-14/ |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
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