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FBI asking for information on assassination attempt of former President Trump at rally

FBI asking for information on assassination attempt of former President Trump at rally
WELL, ANDREW KELLY, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT. THERE’S A SENSE OF SHOCK AND DISBELIEF AND JUST PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED HERE. A LOT OF FOLKS JUST CAME DOWN HERE JUST TO COME TO A RALLY FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HERE IN BUTLER. UH, BUTLER FARM SHOW. BUT WE IT JUST TURNED INTO COMPLETE CHAOS. WE WERE ON THE MEDIA SECTION OF THIS VENUE, AND WE HEARD THOSE SEVERAL POPS AND WE TO MY CAMERAMAN JAX AND MYSELF, WE BOTH HIT THE HIT THE GROUND AS SOON AS WE GOT UP. EVERYONE THERE WAS KIND OF A CHAOS AND SHEER PANIC. UH, WE DID SEE A COUPLE OF FOLKS BEING CARRIED OUT. WE DID SEE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IMMEDIATELY BE SHIELDED BY SECRET SERVICE AND TAKEN OUT. HE DID GIVE A FIST UP IN SUPPORT TO HIS SUPPORTERS BEFORE HE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OUT OF THE VENUE. AND AFTER THAT, EVERYONE WAS JUST TOLD TO EVACUATE AND EXIT. WE’VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH FOLKS ALL AFTERNOON TRYING TO GAUGE WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY HEARD THESE POPS AND HOW THEY WERE FEELING DURING THAT ENTIRE TIME. A LOT OF FOLKS SAYING THEY WERE JUST THEY SAW THEIR LIVES FLASHED BEFORE THEIR EYES, AND MANY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEIR LOVED ONES WERE OKAY. WE ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH TWO FIREFIGHTERS THAT CAME ALL THE WAY FROM STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, WHO TOLD US THEY GOT DOWN AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND AS SOON AS THEY KIND OF PERKED THEIR HEADS BACK UP, THE NEXT THING THEY THOUGHT OF WAS JUMPING INTO ACTION AND HELPING IN ANY WAY THEY COULD. AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE TALE OF WHAT WE KIND OF SAW HERE TODAY. A LOT OF FOLKS JUST IN SHOCK OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AND OTHERS TRYING TO STEP IN AND HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. WE DID SEE AGAIN, TWO FOLKS BEING CARRIED OUT THEIR CONDITIONS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. WE ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH MAYOR, THE MAYOR OF SLIPPERY ROCK, WHO WAS ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENT, WHO WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE CARRYING THAT WOMAN OUT OF THE VENUE. UH, SHE, ACCORDING TO HIM, SHE SEEMS TO BE OKAY. BUT OF COURSE, THAT IS UNKNOWN. AT THE TIME. BUT HE WAS JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT AT THE PODIUM, AND HE DID HAPPEN TO SEE SOME BLOOD ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT’S LEFT OF THE RALLY SITE OVERALL. I’M GOING TO STEP OFF TO THE SIDE. JAX IS GOING TO SHOW YOU AT LEAST WHAT’S LEFT THIS ENTIRE AREA RIGHT HERE WAS FILLED WITH CARS AND VENDORS READY TO COME OUT FOR THE RALLY. AS ONE OF THE LARGER RALLIES. EVEN I’VE BEEN ABLE TO COME AND COVER JUST ABOUT THE SHEER NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS HERE. FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT, AND JUST ABOUT THAT, IT HAS CLEARED UP. IF YOU LOOK FURTHER OFF INTO THE DISTANCE, SOME OF THAT THERE’S STILL TRAFFIC LEADING ON THE WAY OUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WERE, YOU SEE THAT AMERICAN FLAG HANGING UP ON THOSE TWO CRANES? THE STAGE WAS JUST BELOW THAT WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING, AND WE WERE ABOUT MAYBE 100 YARDS, 100FT AWAY FROM THOSE FROM THAT PODIUM. AND JUST SO THAT’S GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW FAR WE ARE NOW FOLLOWING THAT EVACUATION, UH, OUT INTO WHERE WE ARE STANDING AS SECRET SERVICE AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT SCENE, YOU CAN SEE VENDORS JUST PICKING UP WHAT’S LEFT OF THEIR STANDS AND TRYING TO EXIT THE AREA IN A SAFE MANNER. OF COURSE, TRAFFIC IS IS GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THIS AREA FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. BUT AGAIN, WHEN I’M SPEAKING TO FOLKS, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE JUST IN SHOCK. THIS EVEN HAPPENED AND WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED IF THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS OKAY. IF ANYONE ELSE WAS HURT. WHEN I DID TELL HIM THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. THERE WAS A LOT OF SIGHS OF RELIEF AND JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WHY, WHY, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? WHAT’S GOING ON? WHO WOULD DO THIS? AND A LOT OF WAVE OF SUPPORT, UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE OTHER FOLKS. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS OKAY. YOU CAN SEE A STAND HERE BEING BASICALLY PICKED UP AND CLEANED UP AFTER WHAT WAS EXPECTED TO BE ALMOST A LONG AFTERNOON FOR THEM JUST TRYING TO SELL THEIR MERCHANDISE. BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO PACK UP AND HEAD OUT THE DOOR. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC OFF IN THE DISTANCE SLOWLY MOVING ITS WAY OUT OF THE VENUE AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MAKE THEIR WAY OUT AFTER TRYING STANDING IN THE HEAT UPWARDS UNTIL 7:00 IN THE MORNING, 8:00 IN THE MORNING, AND WE GOT HERE CLOSER TO NINE, SET UP THE HEAT WAS COMING DOWN. A LOT OF FOLKS THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE FACT THAT IT WAS SO HOT AND PEOPLE WERE PASSING OUT AND NEEDING WATER. UH, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK THE PODIUM. HE SPOKE FOR A FEW MINUTES. AND THEN WE HEARD THOSE SEVERAL POPS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT WAS JUST A BLUR FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE IN THE VENUE, AS HE IMMEDIATELY GOT DOWN AGAIN, SECRET SERVICE IMMEDIATELY COVERED HIM. THE REST OF THE CROWD GOT DOWN AND THEN THEY SLOWLY USHERED HIM OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THEN TOLD THE REST OF THE VENUE TO PLEASE EVACUATE. UM, OF COURSE, WE ACTUALLY WERE TOLD TO EVACUATE BECAUSE THE THE AREA AND LEFT MOST OF OUR GEAR IN THE MEDIA CENTER JUST WHILE THEY WERE INVESTIGATING. AT THIS TIME. BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF THE MOOD THAT I’M HEARING IS SHOCK, SOMBER AND JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS. BUT AGAIN, LIKE YOU ALL IN THE STUDIO HAVE CONFIRMED THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. AND I’M SURE WE’LL HAVE I’LL HAVE MORE AS WHAT WE SAW HERE TODAY. BUT FOR NOW,
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FBI asking for information on assassination attempt of former President Trump at rally
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has taken over the investigation into the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a rally in western Pennsylvania. The FBI is asking anyone who has information to submit audio, video, photos or relevant information to FBI.gov/Butler.FORM TO SUBMIT INFORMATION Around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, multiple gunshots rang out at the crowded rally. Moments later, the Secret Service swarmed the stage to get to the former president.Trump could be seen with blood on his face from being hit by a bullet in the ear. An attendee at the rally was killed, while at least two other people were critically injured. Those people have not been identified. On his social media platform, Trump wrote in part: "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 the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!"Sister station WTAE has received a number of videos during and following the assassination attempt. One video captured what appeared to be a body on the roof of a nearby building, while another showed the crowds of people evacuating the area.As of 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, the area at the Butler Farm Show grounds is still an active crime scene.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has taken over the investigation into the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a rally in western Pennsylvania.

The FBI is asking anyone who has information to submit audio, video, photos or relevant information to FBI.gov/Butler.

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FORM TO SUBMIT INFORMATION

Around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, multiple gunshots rang out at the crowded rally. Moments later, the Secret Service swarmed the stage to get to the former president.

Trump could be seen with blood on his face from being hit by a bullet in the ear. An attendee at the rally was killed, while at least two other people were critically injured.

Those people have not been identified.

On his social media platform, Trump wrote in part: "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 the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!"

Sister station WTAE has received a number of videos during and following the assassination attempt. One video captured what appeared to be a body on the roof of a nearby building, while another showed the crowds of people evacuating the area.

As of 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, the area at the Butler Farm Show grounds is still an active crime scene.