Trump campaign says former president is ‘fine’ after shooting

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday evening, but remains “fine,” according to his campaign.

Shots rang out at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening in a dramatic scene that had the former president huddled underneath the podium while his protective detail surrounded him. Trump grabbed his ear before ducking behind the podium.

Trump, face bloodied, gave a defiant upraised fist to the crowd as he was ushered offstage by his security detail.

Two people were reported dead, including the accused shooter, according to a Secret Service source speaking to CNN.

In a social media post, Trump extended condolences to a person who was killed, and another who was “seriously injured.”

“It is incredible that such an act can take place in our country,” Trump wrote.

“Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through my skin.”

“There’s no place for this kind of violence in America. We must unite as one nation to condemn it,” U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement Saturday evening.

Trump was into one of his freestyle campaign rally speeches when what sounded like three shots rang out. After the first shot, Trump reached up to his right ear and then huddled under his podium while Secret Service members could be heard yelling “down, down!”

What sounded like multiple other shots were heard as members of the crowd screamed. A law enforcement voice said “shooter’s down” before Trump, surrounded by Secret Security agents, was ushered off the stage to chants of