Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump

Donald Trump was last night left bloodied and wounded as he was shot during an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. 

The former President, 78, suddenly grabbed hold of his ear as loud bangs rang out and whizzed by in Butler before he ducked to the floor.

The Secret Service swarmed around him as piercing screams were heard from the MAGA crowd. 

He then got to his feet with blood pouring down his cheek and raised his fist in the air and defiantly shouted 'fight' while the audience shouted 'USA' as he was dragged off stage and bundled into a vehicle. 

A member of the crowd was killed, while two others who were wounded are in a critical condition. All three are males, according to law enforcement officials. 

Kevin Rojek, the FBI officer in charge, said they had not identified a motive for what he a called 'an assassination attempt on our former president'. 

Secret Service agents could be heard shouting 'the shooter is down' in the ensuing chaos and the gunman was later confirmed dead.

Trump was taken to hospital for treatment before being later released. 

Spokesman Steven Cheung said Trump is 'fine' and being checked out at a local medical facility while the former president's eldest son Donald Trump Jr said his father 'is in great spirits'.

Trump flew back to New Jersey ahead of his spending the night at his golf resort in Bedminster.

In a post to his Truth Social network, Trump thanked the Secret Service and other law enforcement 'for their rapid response'. 

'I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,' he said on social media.

'Much bleeding took place, so I realised then what was happening.

'I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of law enforcement, for their rapid response,' Trump added.

'Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured.

'It is incredible that such an act can take place in our country.

'GOD BLESS AMERICA!' 

Rep. Ronny Jackson revealed his nephew was shot during the assassination attempt on Trump.

Jackson, who was Trump and President Barack Obama's White House physician, said he helped his nephew and a friend get a spot in the friends and family section close to the stage at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

He told Fox News on Saturday night that his relative was grazed in the neck and bleeding.

'They heard the shots and everybody dropped to the ground and … he was grazed in the neck, a bullet crossed his neck and he was bleeding,' Jackson said on Fox News. 'This is my nephew. They were there. I set them up. They went to the rally.'

Source: DailyMail uk

Donald Trump is SHOT at campaign rally: Blood-spattered ex-President defiantly pumps his fist after Secret Service kill the gunman following attack which left a supporter dead and two others critically injured