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Location | Butler Farm Show Grounds in Connoquenessing Twp. / Meridian, near Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°51′25.3″N 79°58′15.6″W / 40.857028°N 79.971000°W |
Date | July 13, 2024 6:11 p.m. (UTC−04:00) |
Target | Donald Trump |
Attack type | Attempted assassination by gunshot |
Weapon | AR-15–style rifle |
Deaths | 2 (including the perpetrator)[1] |
Injured | 7 (3 from gunfire,[a] including Trump, and 4 officers from debris)[2][3][4] |
Perpetrator | Thomas Matthew Crooks |
Motive | Under investigation |
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On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, a former president of the United States and then the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt while speaking at an open-air campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.[5][6] Trump was shot and wounded in his upper right ear by Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania,[2][7] who fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle from the roof of a nearby building.[2][8][9] Crooks also killed one audience member and critically injured two others.[2] He was subsequently shot and killed by the United States Secret Service's Counter Sniper Team.[10]
Video shows Trump clasping his ear and taking cover behind his lectern, where Secret Service agents shielded him until the shooter was killed. Evan Vucci, a photojournalist for the Associated Press, captured photographs of a bloodied Trump pumping his fist in the air and mouthing the words, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" as agents escorted him off-stage; the images went viral on social media. Trump was taken to a hospital, treated, and released later that same day.[2][11] He made his first public appearance after the shooting two days later at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wearing a bandage on his ear.[12]
The incident has been regarded as the most significant security failure by the Secret Service since the attempted assassination of president Ronald Reagan in 1981.[13][14] The director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, faced bipartisan calls for her resignation when she testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on July 22; she stepped down the following day.[15][16] President Joe Biden ordered an independent review of the security arrangements.[17] Biden also condemned the violence and called for a reduction in heated political rhetoric, emphasizing the importance of resolving political differences peacefully.[18] Misinformation and conspiracy theories spread on social media after the shooting.[19] Lawmakers called for increased security for major candidates in the election,[20] and the Secret Service subsequently approved enhanced security measures, including the use of bulletproof glass at Trump's outdoor rallies.[21]
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