Shooting just took place at the Trump rally. Looks like Trump – or more likely, his body double – might have been grazed on the neck or the ear.
It didn’t sound like a large caliber rifle. Six to eight shots were fired in fairly rapid succession. Any experts able to tell what it was?
UPDATE: He appears to have been lightly wounded, but he’s fine. Before the Secret Service ushered him from the stage, he stood up and pumped his fist several times. Legend.
UPDATE: Yes, his ear was clipped. Close call.
UPDATE: Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldfinger reportedly said one person is believed to be dead and ‘possibly a second.’ He said the person believed to be dead was ‘someone in the crowd.’ Secret Service agents killed the gunman within moments.
There is also a video of what appears to be the dead shooter on a rooftop. I’ve also noticed that the media have stopped putting doubt quotes around “shot” now.
UPDATE: Some people spotted the shooter with a rifle crawling up the roof about 150 yards away from the platform and tried to warn the police and the Secret Service for several minutes, but the Secret Service didn’t do anything until after five shots were fired. They also witnessed Secret Service snipers shoot and kill the would-be assassin.
If you watch the video, you can hear the first shots are fired, then 2-3 seconds later, nearly twice as many shots are fired even though Trump is down and covered by agents. I suspect the second series of shots are the Secret Service snipers taking out the shooter.