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Trump's rallies are screened for prohibited items, including weapons.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gold |first1=Michael |last2=Levien |first2=Simon |last3=Robertson |first3=Campbell |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump 'Safe' After What Sounded Like Gunshots at Rally |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election/trump-rally-pennsylvania |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713225003/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election/trump-rally-pennsylvania |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> [[Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler County]] Republican Committee chairman James E. Hulings estimated 50,000 people were at the rally.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election/3485dd5b-3669-5da4-8c48-6e4a19bfe415 |title=Some people who were in the crowd described the evacuation of the rally as a logistical nightmare. |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714021905/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election/3485dd5b-3669-5da4-8c48-6e4a19bfe415 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was held as part of [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|Trump's presidential campaign]] for the election in order to raise votes in the [[swing state]] of [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=O'Donoghue |first1=Gary |last2=Murphy |first2=Matt |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Trump rushed off stage at rally as shots heard |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1d31jeyzlo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222730/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1d31jeyzlo |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The shooting occurred two days before the scheduled start of the [[2024 Republican National Convention]].
== Shooting ==
[[File:2024 Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump Diagram.png|thumb|A map diagram illustrating the approximate locations of the attacker (red), Donald Trump (black), 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=2024-07-13 |title=Shooting at a Trump Rally in Pennsylvania: Maps and Photos |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/13/us/trump-rally-shooting-maps-photos.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |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=2024-07-13 |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=2024-07-14 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |language=en |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 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 rallygoers were hit, leaving one person dead and two in critical condition.<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 were in the left-hand bleachers at the venue.<ref name="Abraham-2024" /> Rep. [[Ronny Jackson]] (R-Texas) 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>
The suspected shooter was killed by a [[United States Secret Service]] [[Secret Service Counter Assault Team|Counter Assault Team]] sniper soon after the shooting.<ref name="Watson-2024" /> Their body was discovered on the rooftop.<ref name="Abraham-2024" /> According to Butler County [[district attorney]] Richard Goldinger, authorities have yet to determine the shooter's identity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Tori B. |last2=Shelton |first2=Shania |last3=Meyer |first3=Matt |last4=D'Antonio |first4=Isabelle |last5=Tucker |first5=Emma |last6=Yeung |first6=Jessie |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Live updates: Trump injured in shooting at Pennsylvania rally that left at least 1 dead {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-biden-trump-07-13-24/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222828/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-biden-trump-07-13-24/index.html |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
== Aftermath ==
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==== State officials ====
[[Pennsylvania]] governor [[Josh Shapiro]]<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Santana |first1=Rebecca |last2=Whitehurst |first2=Lindsay |last3=Orsi |first3=Peter |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Pennsylvania governor condemns violence against any political party or leader |url=https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222136/https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> and [[Michigan]] governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election/a04feed2-3ce2-55ad-b2cb-e1f008ef94a2 |title=Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, a harsh critic of Donald J. Trump who was the target of a kidnapping plot, condemned the violence on Saturday. |date=July 13, 2024 |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 13, 2024 |url-access=limited |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714021808/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/13/us/biden-trump-election/a04feed2-3ce2-55ad-b2cb-e1f008ef94a2 |url-status=live}}</ref> denounced political violence. [[Florida]] governor [[Ron DeSantis]], who ran against Trump in the [[2024 Republican
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[[Category:Failed assassination attempts in the United States
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[[Category:Political violence in the United States]]
[[Category:Mass shootings in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:2024 mass shootings in the United States]]
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