A
20-year-old
gunman
shot
and
wounded
Donald
Trump
in
an
attempted
assassin
at
a
Pennsylvania
rally
on
Saturday
in
one
of
the
most
horrifying
acts
of
violence
in
political
history.
The
former
president
was
speaking
to
thousands
of
fans
when
he
grabbed
his
ear
and
had
blood
covering
his
face
after
the
suspect
opened
fire
with
an
AR
rifle
from
a
rooftop
130
yards
from
the
stage.
At
least
eight
shots
were
fired
and
the
crowd
started
screaming
as
Trump
was
swarmed
by
his
Secret
Service
agents.
He
then
got
up,
raised
his
fist
and
shouted
‘fight,
fight,
fight’
as
he
was
rushed
away
from
the
scene
and
to
hospital.
Just
a
few
hours
later
he
released
a
statement
saying
he
was
fine
and
describing
the
moment
he
felt
the
bullet
rip
through
his
skin.
The
attacker
killed
a
member
of
the
crowd
before
he
was
shot
and
killed
in
the
terrifying
incident
that
has
sparked
questions
of
how
law
enforcement
allowed
him
to
open
fire
on
a
former
president.
FBI:
‘It’s
surprising’
the
shooter
could
fire
off
multiple
rounds
FBI
special
agent
Kevin
Rojek
said
it
was
‘surprising’
the
gunman
was
able
to
fire
multiple
shots
at
Donald
Trump
before
he
was
killed
by
Secret
Service.
The
special
agent
in
charge
of
the
FBI
Pittsburgh
office
described
the
shooting
as
an
‘attempted
assassination’
and
still
hasn’t
formally
identified
the
suspect.
He
added
that
the
Secret
Service
was
responsible
for
surveying
the
rally
venue
before
the
shooting
that
has
sparked
claims
of
a
widespread
security
failure.
Rojek
added
that
law
enforcement
responded
to
multiple
suspicious
activities
before
the
shooting.