- In a post on Truth Social, President Trump spoke out about the shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania.
- He thanked law enforcement and the Secret Service and offered his condolences to the victims’ families.
- Trump wrote that he had been shot and said:I immediately felt the bullets cutting through my skin.”
Hours after a shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump acknowledged in a social media post that he had been hit in the ear during the incident.
“I want to thank the United States Secret Service and all of law enforcement for their swift response to the shooting that occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the individual who died at the rally and the family of the other individual who was seriously injured.”
He added: “I can’t believe something like this happened in our country. We don’t know anything about the perpetrator at this time. He is already deceased. I was shot above my right ear. I knew immediately something was wrong as I heard a whoosh and a gunshot and felt the bullet penetrate my skin. I was bleeding profusely and knew what was going on. God Bless America!”
Trump in photo of shooting There’s blood on your faceHe can be seen pumping his fist in defiance before being escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents.
One spectator was killed and two seriously injured at the rally, according to a Secret Service statement, and the shooter was “neutralized” by Secret Service agents.
