Democracy Dies in Darkness
Trump rally shooting was assassination attempt on ex-president, FBI says
The former president was rushed offstage from a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday evening. Trump said he was shot in his upper right ear and his campaign said he was “fine.”
BUTLER, Pa. — Former president Donald Trump was rushed offstage with blood dripping down his face Saturday after a shooting that the authorities called an assassination attempt. One attendee was killed, and two others were critically injured at the campaign rally, the Secret Service said, a shocking turn in a tense election season in which concerns about violence had already been running high.
