Suspect and attendee killed after shooting at Trump rally, 2 others critically injured
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- One attendee was killed during a shooting at a Trump rally, the Secret Service announced.
- The former president was whisked offstage following a series of gunshots.
- AP reported a suspected shooter, in addition to the rally attendee, was killed.
One person was killed during an incident at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, during which the former president was whisked offstage following an apparent shooting from the crowd, the Secret Service announced in a statement.
Per the statement posted on X, two attendees are critically injured. The suspected shooter was "neutralized" by the Secret Service personnel and is now dead, the statement said.
"The incident is currently under investigation and the Secret Service has formally notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation," the Secret Service statement read.
The Associated Press first reported the news, citing the Butler County District attorney.
Butler County DA Richard A. Goldinger also said there was "possibly a second" bystander dead as well, according to ABC News reporter Olivia Rubin.
Dave McCormick, the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, had been seated in the front row of the rally and told Politico it appeared a member of the crowd behind him had been shot.
"All the sudden shots started to crack, someone behind me appears to have been shot," McCormick told Politico. "There's lots of blood, and then the Secret Service were all over President Trump."
CBS News reported an emergency room physician who was in attendance at the rally attempted to save the life of someone in the crowd.
"I heard the shots. I thought it was firecrackers to begin with," the man stated in video posted to social media by CBS News reporter Jake Rosen. "Somebody over there was screaming 'He's been shot, he's been shot.' So I made my way over."
Trump was quickly escorted from the stage after the shots were heard from the crowd. He could be seen in video from the incident grasping his ear, then defiantly raising his fist with blood on his face as Secret Service members took him from the stage.
A spokesperson for the Trump campaign said Trump was "fine" following the incident and is being examined at a local medical facility.