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Donald Trump has been rushed off stage after multiple shots were heard at a rally in Pennsylvania, where the former president was speaking.

Images showed blood on Mr Trump's face and ear and snipers on the roof near the stage where Mr Trump was standing.

A statement from the Trump campaign [...] "He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility.

The post has video of the event and immediate aftermath (minimal blood/gore etc)


As of about 9:50 Melbourne time, Reuters and AP are both independently reporting two deaths: a "shooter" and an audience member / rally attendee.


Be skeptical of updates from unvetted sources like social media. Reuters and AP have more if you want something faster than local news.

I have to go life now so there'll be no more timely edits with new information unless it's so insane that someone barges in to tell me about it.

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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lots of people are saying this is a false flag

Like it's that unbelievable that a guy who has promised to be a dictator, put women at risk of death, basically arrest political rivals unjustifiably and pardon criminals isn't one of the earths most hated men

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Would be a very risky shot to take as a false flag (unless they were actually using a BB gun or something).

EDIT: 2 people are apparently dead, so I doubt the BB gun theory.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

One of those 2 is the shooter himself. Unclear if he shot himself or the Secret Service got him.