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From the Liveblog of Saturday, July 13, 2024

Trump injured, evacuated from rally in Pennsylvania as sounds of multiple shots heard

By Agencies 14 July 2024, 1:24 am 32 Edit

Republican US presidential candidate former president Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event after apparently being shot in his ear, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Multiple shots ring out at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania, with the Republican presidential candidate raising a fist as he is escorted to a vehicle by the US Secret Service, footage from event shows.

Video and images appear to show blood on his ear and armed law enforcement officers are then seen on a roof near the stage where Trump was standing.

TRUMP WAS JUST SHOT ON LIVE TV

Please stop what you're doing and pray pic.twitter.com/jlYtCeRe3O

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 13, 2024

Trump survived. God bless this man. pic.twitter.com/3d1hIIILul

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 13, 2024

Trump is then bundled into an SUV and driven away.

“We saw a lot of people go down, looking confused. I heard the shots, it sounded like between firecrackers and a small caliber handgun,” says John Yeykal from Franklin, Pennsylvania, who was attending his first Trump rally.

US President Joe Biden says he has not been briefed on the reported shooting, speaking to reporters as he walks out of church in Delaware.