The gunman believed to have been behind the attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump Saturday was shot and killed by Secret Service, sources told The Post.
The shooter, identified only as a white male, was in a sniper position located hundreds of yards away from Trump’s podium in Butler, Pa. as he spoke to a campaign crowd, sources said.
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Bullets rang out in the middle of his remarks, Trump putting his hand to his right ear before being tackled to the ground by Secret Service agents.
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Seconds later, Trump rose to his feet and told his security detail to “wait” before pumping his fist and shouting “fight” to the badly shaken crowd.
“He came within inches of having his face shot open,” a senior law enforcement source told The Post.
One witness told BBC News that he alerted Secret Service to a gunman who was “bear-crawling up the roof” of the building” of a nearby building.
“Next thing you know, five shots rang out,” he said.
Elon Musk posted the video on X, writing, “The head of the Secret Service and the leader of this security detail should resign.”