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UPDATE: 2 killed during assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump

Former President Donald J. Trump is helped off the stage during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP
The FBI has identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Photo: CNN
The FBI has identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Photo: CNN
Republican presidential candidate former President Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Republican presidential candidate former President Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Republican presidential candidate former President Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Republican presidential candidate former President Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
PENNSYLVANIA, USA - Two people, including a guman, were killed during the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13, 2024.

The FBI has identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Authorities say he fired multiple shots from a building rooftop just outside the rally venue before he was killed by Secret Service agents.

A 50-year-old man was also shot dead during the ordeal. Corey Comperatore, who was a spectator at the rally, reportedly dived on his family to protect them but was fatally shot.

Mr Trump said he was shot in the ear, describing a "bullet ripping through skin".

President Joseph R. Biden has condemned the assassination attempt and has ordered an independent review of security measures at the campaign rally.

See previous article published July 13, 2024

Bloodied Trump rushed off stage after possible gunshots @ Pennsylvania rally

Former United States President Donald J. Trump was rushed off the stage by the Secret Service at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13, 2024, after apparent gunshots rang out.

Fox News reported that gunfire appeared to break out shortly after Trump began speaking at the rally at Butler Farm Showgrounds on Saturday evening.

The former president had just begun to fire up the crowd when as many as five shots were heard, and he went down, surrounded by Secret Service agents.

"And then the worst president in the history of our country took over. And look what happened to our country. Probably 20 million people [came in illegally]. And, you know, that's a little bit old, that chart... that chart's a couple of months old. And if you want to really see something that sad, take a look at what happened over..." Trump said before gunfire rang out. 

As they led him away, with what appeared to be blood on his cheek and his right ear, he raised his arms defiantly.

Trump was heard telling his security team, "let me get my shoes," as they brought him to his feet and hustled him off-stage. 

In a statement, the Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said that they have "implemented protective measures."

"An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania," said Guglielmi.

"The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available," it added.

62 Responses to “UPDATE: 2 killed during assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump”

  • Real Talk (13/07/2024, 19:44) Like (5) Dislike (24) Reply
    BVI watching ? I hope so
  • WOW (13/07/2024, 19:57) Like (20) Dislike (40) Reply
    We need him for world peace ironic but true. sad
    • What? (14/07/2024, 00:54) Like (4) Dislike (10) Reply
      Face palm
    • life is a b*tch (14/07/2024, 16:48) Like (17) Dislike (4) Reply
      not advocating that anyone is killed for expressing their views but a few years ago wasnt it the reverse...trump advocating for the overthrow of the us gov and if some people die in the process that is okay....karma .... life is a bitch.
    • Mandingo (15/07/2024, 12:44) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
      Please people get discernment. This was all done for sympathy votes and prayers. That's all. the man is brilliant. Stop acting like you don't know the man is ahead of the curve.
  • WOW (13/07/2024, 20:06) Like (22) Dislike (22) Reply
    Phew I am so relieved he's ok. In 2024 Good is bad, bad is good.
  • THEATRICS ? (13/07/2024, 20:49) Like (50) Dislike (32) Reply
    Knowing how Trump is , if could of been staged / if shoot at you , are you going to stand up like how h? e was with his antics , and not knowing you were targeted ❓️???? ( Trump will do anything , he is a ganster , he and putin is the same thing
    • resident (13/07/2024, 21:12) Like (9) Dislike (10) Reply
      b.s
    • You are (13/07/2024, 21:21) Like (11) Dislike (4) Reply
      An Idiot.
      • Lucifer morningstar (15/07/2024, 08:06) Like (6) Dislike (3) Reply
        You got to be the dumbest idiot if you think that wasn't staged LOL. It got videos of people who spotted shooter on the roof and was notifying secret service and they were ignored. Didn't even check it out LOL.
    • VG Resident (13/07/2024, 22:09) Like (13) Dislike (5) Reply
      Your comments are disgusting. This site should find you and have you arrested for violence
      • Why (14/07/2024, 16:14) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
        @ VG Resident. Now you want people here to be arrested for voicing their opinions? In that case, you too should be arrested for voicing your opinion, to lock up anyone who thinks differently than you. You are a TYRANT!! Sounds like one of Trump's narcissistic low-brow followers.
        • watch (14/07/2024, 16:42) Like (2) Dislike (16) Reply
          Biden is having people arrested for voicing their opinions in the. US . Welcome to the hypocrisy of the Marxist democrats in the US
          • Why (15/07/2024, 08:01) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
            @ watch. This is NOT the USA! Stop thinking the same laws apply here! This forum is for all people to voice their opinions, not just who you think should have a voice here. If people started getting arrested here for voicing their opinions, this forum and others would go out of business.
  • Truth (13/07/2024, 21:05) Like (1) Dislike (9) Reply
    Where is Muhammad ,and Lee Mallvo when they are needed ?
  • Looking from the outside (13/07/2024, 21:06) Like (35) Dislike (24) Reply
    I THINK IT WAS STAGE.
  • Spit in the sky..fall in your eye (13/07/2024, 22:39) Like (11) Dislike (19) Reply
    He will stop chat pi$$ now....You reap what you sow
    • Trump (14/07/2024, 17:31) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
      Who shot me? But you punks didn't finish
      Now you 'bout to feel the wrath of a menace
  • Hmm (13/07/2024, 22:51) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
    New World Order coming.
  • ccc (13/07/2024, 23:27) Like (13) Dislike (7) Reply
    YOU LIVE BY THE GUN YOU REAP THE GUN
  • Really (14/07/2024, 04:32) Like (12) Dislike (13) Reply
    Wow pure bull crap. I am not pyshic so how do I know this would happen go look up the Illuminati card game. It tells you about this same thing. Donald Trump death is coming because it is the New World order script. When are you all going to wake up. Kamala Harris is the next president in the script and the cards also say that
  • ... (14/07/2024, 06:59) Like (7) Dislike (5) Reply
    Political talk is taboo in privileged circles because people get their way too often with money & can not stand to bear that another person has a different opinion.

    "Your comments are disgusting. This site should find you and have you arrested for violence"

    Anyone calling for political violence is wrong yet people can not bear to tolerate another opinion. People go crazy attacking trump supporters, and the shooting was a culmination of society wide thirst for violence.

    Going to sleep under Biden's & the EU bed time stories isnt much better than the truth. Elon Musk exposed them for trying to pay a secret censorship deal to manipulate social media news. Trump will come in like a wrecking ball. Ukraine war funds done, Israel put back on a leash.

    90 Palestinians killed in recent safe zone bombing to kill 1 hamas fighter. I dont think Trump will stand for that either while these other leaders shuffle their feet & look away.
  • HMMM (14/07/2024, 07:01) Like (3) Dislike (11) Reply
    All these stuff are set up…
  • lord o. (14/07/2024, 08:36) Like (17) Dislike (15) Reply
    Sad, sad, sad, No wonder Robot Biden said he was going to win, maybe he knows something we didn't know, Trump been dead was the only way he could of win, now all his hopes are gone..
  • cap (14/07/2024, 09:56) Like (19) Dislike (8) Reply
    This man really will do anything to win
  • de silent one (14/07/2024, 10:29) Like (9) Dislike (8) Reply
    Its sad and should not happen, but Trump is only getting some of the things he's promoting when he talk about if he doesnt win, there will be a blood bath. Folks, take a moment and listen to what they are proposing in that 925 pages document called project 2025, things are been put into motion
  • @ VG RESIDENT (14/07/2024, 10:38) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    WHO ARE REFERRING TO ❓️ YOURSELF ????
  • Hum (14/07/2024, 13:26) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    looking for trouble
    there you go
  • yea (14/07/2024, 14:44) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    putin next
  • u (14/07/2024, 14:45) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    If you can't say good don't say bad
  • asura (14/07/2024, 15:20) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    hope he stop advocating for the destruction of others and the USA intuitions
  • Interested (14/07/2024, 15:28) Like (8) Dislike (3) Reply
    Plainly set up. .A pity persons were sacrificed in the process.
    How in the world was that person able to breach all that security ?
    Think people !
  • VOTER6BVI (14/07/2024, 15:31) Like (15) Dislike (11) Reply
    I THINK IT WAS STAGED BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG. TRUNP IS A CANNING MAN HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO WIN.
    • Greg (14/07/2024, 16:53) Like (8) Dislike (6) Reply
      Yes, sympathy votes. I wouldn't put it past him, since they are after him to go to prison with all of his guilty convictions. That blood looks like a straight line of dye as if someone squirted it. The female bodyguard looks like she is smirking for such a serious matter. Watch the footage over and over when Trump puts his hand up to his ear and his face. Bad acting trying to look shocked, but no one was supposed to get killed, but since they did, it makes it look more real. That is the same face he made years ago when he was running for President and was making fun of the handicapped person. That is the price he was willing to take to get the heat off of himself because no one is more important than him. Just wait and see.
      • TORTOLIAN (15/07/2024, 00:17) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
        If he meant to kill him he would of, it's a staged act
        Shooting a couple of people were in the plan to make it real, it's called collateral damage
        Trump has a lot to loose if he doest win, maybe jail time, huge fines and many more cases... he simply must win so he can throw those out and go after his opponents
        Look at the moment he got shot, he touched his ear yet no blood on his hand, when he was on the floor hidden that's when he put blood on his ear. The shooter was misled thinking he was doing an act put of loyalty but he had to die, he was the patsy. Remember Oswald was the Patsy for JF Kennedy assassination, then out of the blue Jack Ruby a gangster came our of nowhere and shot Oswald, what ever happened to Jack Ruby? Right.... there is more to this than we see before us, Trump and his team plotted this for the pity votes and undecided votes, Call me stupid, just wait
    • gnazi (14/07/2024, 17:32) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
      cunning not canning
  • asking for a friend (14/07/2024, 16:51) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    January 6 came back?
    • @asking for a friend (15/07/2024, 11:43) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Remember they said January 6th didn't happened, it was a peaceful act for democracy.
      Remember they said the court proceedings were hoax and orchestrated by the major and judge.
      Remember everything against the orangutan is fake.
      But July 13th, they can call it an attempted assassination with people hearing gun shots and not budging like an audience waiting to be directed when to clap. #stage #fake #sympathy votes #waste of taxpayers money #poor youthman used as collateral #followers going jeopardize their lives for what #not my vote ???????? has fallen
  • HMMM (14/07/2024, 17:43) Like (10) Dislike (8) Reply
    The comments on this thread show how idiotic some of the people of the BVI really are... if you really believe it was staged, there is not much hope for progress in the territory.
    • With HMMM (14/07/2024, 19:40) Like (2) Dislike (7) Reply
      Now the world knows why we resented the COI. So my question to BVI is, "was the COI Staged? Was it fake? Let us see your answer at the end of August 2024. The world shakes its head at the British Virgin Islands where everything and everyone is a fake even while in prison or the grave.
    • l (15/07/2024, 08:26) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ HMMM. You suffer from eyes wide shut! Refusing to believe the USA is crooked and leaders would do anything to stay afloat. Go live there then in that wonderful country.
  • Airforce one (14/07/2024, 18:57) Like (9) Dislike (4) Reply
    @cap
    I agree with you. He is not to be trusted. He was the same person who had his people storm the white house and so many people get hurt. In other words what goes around comes around. Sorry it happens, he said if he don't win it will have blood shed. The funniest thing is one of his own. Kluxx klan.
    • @Airforce one (15/07/2024, 06:31) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
      "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."-bbc.co.uk
      Stop lick out Biden old bum.
      Don’t talk what you don’t know! He said NOTHING about blood shed!
  • social (14/07/2024, 19:04) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    @HMMM

    WOW
  • Really (14/07/2024, 22:15) Like (0) Dislike (7) Reply
    If the forensic team can't spot this fake blood because look at those videos with the victims St.Thomas the blood was real this one fak. You all need to spot fakery and cgi. The Illuminati card predict the just like the Simpsons
  • Obviously Staged (15/07/2024, 10:27) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    I have watched this so called assassination attempt from every angle. People warned the secret services and law enforcement 5+ mins before the shooting that someone was up there. They completely ignored it because they expected it to happen. And yes people died but far more have died for less. A sniper that close with no covering or Camo. not possible. 1. for him to miss. and 2. for no one to see him. This was straight up staged.
    • sniper? (15/07/2024, 11:38) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
      He wasnt a sniper, he was a punk kid who couldnt make the gun club shooting team!
    • Capitan (15/07/2024, 11:53) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      You hit it on the nail. Everyone need to closely look at the tape when he got hit, he immediately held his ear and no blood was shown on his hand, it's only after he was on the floor where we couldn't see his ear and face have blood on it. That guy was a sharpshooter and his job was to graze Trump's ear and put the plan in play, a couple people getting shot was also in the plan although one sadly passed away, and a few seconds after the shot the secret service took the shooter down, the shooter had to be killed although he didn't know that but he had to be killed for the cover up, they will plant all sorts of things in the shooter's vehicle and home to continue with drama, this is bigger than us, ...get out the popcorn
  • @ VG Resident (15/07/2024, 12:47) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Stop saying VG resident, you’re probably on here saying stuff to rile up peopke. Trump preached the same violence a few years back, now the tables are turned. How does it feel Donald?


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