Trump rally shooting LIVE updates: Bullet pierced Donald Trump’s ear, no serious injury reported

Former US speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was like “watching a personal friend get shot.” Joining Sean Hannity on Fox News, Gingrich said, “His courage at walking off with the bleeding and putting up his fist and saying, ‘Fight,’ to remind the crowd that he was going on and as our champion he wanted us to go on with him.”

Donald Trump will reportedly attend the RNC, which kicks off in Milwaukee next week, despite the attack that injured him, his campaign and RNC confirmed. “President Trump looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee as we proceed with our convention to nominate him to serve as the 47th President of the United States. As our party’s nominee, President Trump will continue to share his vision to Make America Great Again,” a statement said, adding that Trump is “doing well and grateful to law enforcement and first responders for their fast action.”

Donald Trump Jr broke his silence on the assassination attempt in an X post. Take a look:

Eric Trump has spoken out after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania left his father, Donald Trump, injured. “Toughest man I have ever met,” he told Page Six.

Trump rally shooting LIVE: Donald Trump’s campaign has assured that he is “fine” following what law enforcement officials are investigating as an apparent assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

On social media, Trump revealed that he was “shot with a bullet that grazed the upper part of my right ear.” The former president was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents, with his ear bleeding.

A prosecutor reported that the suspected gunman and at least one attendee have died, while the Secret Service confirmed that two spectators are in critical condition.

“I’ve been thoroughly briefed by all the agencies in the federal government as to the situation based on what we know now. I have tried to get hold of Donald; he’s with his doctors and doing well. I plan on talking to them shortly; I hope when I get back to the telephone,” Joe Biden said.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he was “appalled” by the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in the US. “Political violence in any form has no place in our societies and my thoughts are with all the victims of this attack,” the premier wrote on social media platform X.

One of the attendees succumbed after receiving a bullet injury during the shooting at former US President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, CNN reported. The shooter was also killed by Secret Services after the incident.

“I heard about four shots and I saw the crowd go down and then Trump ducked also real quick. Then the Secret Service all jumped and protected him as soon as they could. We are talking within a second they were all protecting him,” Ron Moose, a Trump supporter who was in the crowd, told Reuters.

US President Joe Biden condemned the alleged assassination attempt against Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania rally, which reportedly also killed one bystander. “I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well. I’m praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information,” Biden said in a statement shortly after the incident.

The shooter who fired shots at Donald Trump’s rally was tackled and killed by the heavily armed Secret Service agents. No additional information about the shooter has been released to the public yet.

While Donald Trump was seen covering his ear which was bleeding, it is still not clear whether he was injured by the bullets or not. He was immediately pulled form the stage after the firing incident.