It is still being determined if Trump was struck by a bullet or debris, a law enforcement source said. In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said he was "shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear."
He went on: "I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin."
Authorities are investigating the shooting as an attempted assassination, law enforcement sources told CBS News. The FBI said in a statement that it is leading the investigation, with assistance from the Secret Service and state and local agencies.
Trump rally shooter killed by Secret Service sniper, officials say By Faris Tanyos Updated on: July 13, 2024 / 10:27 PM EDT / CBS News [...] The suspect was shot and killed by a member of a Secret Service counter-assault team, two law enforcement sources told CBS News. The gunman was outside of the cordoned-off rally area about 200 to 300 feet from the rally, and was standing on an elevated structure believed to be a shed, the two sources said. The shooter was armed with an AR-style rifle, sources said. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooter-death-attendee-butler-county-da/
Yet it's a bullet in most everyone's mind. I hope it was debris.
He could have just climbed the structure and the SS people looking out hadn't seen him in time. He was shot guessing before climbing down so the SS sniper must have been looking close by.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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