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== Shooting ==
[[File:Assassination attempt of Donald Trump diagram.svg|thumb|A map diagram illustrating the approximate locations of Crooks, Trump, and the [[Secret Service Counter Assault Team]] (''blue'')<ref name="Abraham-2024">{{Cite news |last1=Abraham |first1=Leanne |last2=Kim |first2=June |last3=Shao |first3=Elena |last4=Shaver |first4=Julie Walton |last5=Singhvi |first5=Anjali |last6=Triebert |first6=Christiaan |last7=Yourish |first7=Karen |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Shooting at a Trump Rally in Pennsylvania: Maps and Photos |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/13/us/trump-rally-shooting-maps-photos.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/20240714021745/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/13/us/trump-rally-shooting-maps-photos.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump injured, rushed from stage after shooter fired on his Pennsylvania rally |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-rushes-trump-stage-shots-fired-pennsylvania-rally-rcna161735 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=[[NBC News]] |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714023313/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-rushes-trump-stage-shots-fired-pennsylvania-rally-rcna161735 |url-status=live}}</ref>|270x270px]]
Trump arrived on the stage at his campaign rally at about 6:03{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]].<ref name="Hawkins-2024" /> A few minutes into his speech, at approximately 6:11{{nbsp}}p.m., [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]] fired eight shots into the rally venue from an [[AR-15–style rifle]].<ref name="time" /><ref name="The New York Times-2024">{{cite news |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Videos Show Suspect Lying Motionless on Nearby Rooftop After Shooting |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/trump-rally-shooting-suspect-video.html |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714033441/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/trump-rally-shooting-suspect-video.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hawkins-2024">{{Cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Derek |date=July 14, 2024 |title=How the deadly Trump rally shooting unfolded in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/14/trump-rally-shooting-timeline/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714093259/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/14/trump-rally-shooting-timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Crooks had not undergone security screening, as he was outside the security perimeter of the rally; he had climbed onto the roof of a building around {{convert|400|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} north of Trump.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Possible security lapses in focus after Trump rally shooting |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/possible-security-lapses-focus-after-trump-rally-shooting-2024-07-14/ |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2024 |title=What we know about the Trump assassination attempt and the shooter |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-injury-shooting-incident-pennsylvania-rally-what-we-know-rcna161745 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=NBC News |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714220927/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-injury-shooting-incident-pennsylvania-rally-what-we-know-rcna161745 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Czachor |first=Emily Mae |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Maps show location of Trump, gunman, law enforcement snipers at Pennsylvania rally shooting |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooting-pennsylvania-gunman-snipers-location-maps/ |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=CBS News |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714191726/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooting-pennsylvania-gunman-snipers-location-maps/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Reports indicated that a witness had observed a man carrying a rifle on the rooftop and alerted the police about the individual minutes before shots were fired at Trump.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Trump rally: Witness says he saw gunman minutes before shots were fired |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4v7v2g5l1o |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=BBC News |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714010422/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4v7v2g5l1o |url-status=live }}</ref> A local police officer climbed up the roof and encountered Crooks, but retreated down the ladder after Crooks pointed his rifle at him. Crooks
Other local law enforcement officers identified Crooks and felt that he might have been acting suspiciously near the event's [[magnetometer]]s; they expressed 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>
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