Donald Trump was hit in one ear by a stray bullet. One spectator was killed, two other spectators were critically injured. The perpetrator was also killed by the security around Trump shortly after firing his shots into the election campaign meeting. Several key actors are now demanding answers about how an attacker could get so close and manage to fire a weapon. Donald Trump is lying on the ground with blood running down his cheek after being grazed by a bullet. Photo: ANNA MONEYMAKER / AFP/NTB In Congress, they will now demand answers from the Secret Service, which was responsible for security. – I have already contacted the Secret Service to get more information. I have also asked the head of the agency to appear in a hearing, said James Comer, who is the chairman of the control committee in the House of Representatives. He is a Republican and elected from Kentucky. The Secret Service is a separate agency responsible for the security of the president and high-ranking politicians. The head of the agency, Kimberly Cheatle, is now being asked to answer. Also the speaker in the House of Representatives, who leads the meetings there, Mike Johnson is clear that they want answers to how this could happen. – The American people deserve to know the truth. We want the Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, in for a hearing with us as soon as possible. We will also then ask those responsible from other central agencies to meet, says the Republican Johnson on X. Trump injured – spectator and shooter killed It was the night of Sunday 14 July, Norwegian time, when several shots were fired while Donald Trump was holding an election campaign meeting. The former president and now the Republican presidential candidate before the autumn was quickly surrounded by security guards and put on the ground for his own safety. WATCH VIDEO: Donald Trump was escorted off the stage during a campaign event in Pennsylvania on Saturday. In the video, you can see the incident where the shots were fired as they were captured by TV cameras. But a short time later he appeared again to the press photographers – with blood on his hand and near one ear. Trump himself has stated that he was hit by a stray bullet near one ear. Behind Trump stood a number of supporters. Among these, one person was killed, and two people were critically injured. Less than 150 meters from Trump with a weapon Several American and international media have looked at what happened. Where was the attacker? How was the security system? Could they stop the assassination attempt? Both the news agency Associated Press (AP) and NBC have assessed that the suspected shooter was less than 150 meters away when he fired the weapon at Trump. Photos from the scene show that the security arrangement included, among other things, snipers on the roofs behind the lectern where Trump stood. The suspected shooter was on a roof less than 150 meters from the rostrum where Donald Trump was standing. The others who were hit, killed and injured were, among other things, in the stands behind the presidential candidate. Graphics: map base Airbus / Google Earth, graphics Øyvind Bye Skille/news The suspected shooter was on a roof less than 150 meters from the lectern where Donald Trump stood. The others who were hit, killed and injured were, among other things, in the stands behind the presidential candidate. Graphics: map basis Airbus / Google Earth, graphics Øyvind Bye Skille/news The Secret Service, which was responsible for security, stated in one of its first press releases after the shots that the shooter fired his weapon from outside the event. It is also known from the past that everyone going to such election meetings has to go through metal detectors. Both the New York Times and the AP report that the suspected shooter was found with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle next to him. Expert: – Fundamental failure in security Experts that the American media have spoken to are clear that you can never completely secure yourself against all possible threats. They are nevertheless critical that this attack could happen. – Here there was a fundamental failure in security, says Steve Nottingham to the news channel NBC. He is a former leader in one of the police emergency squads in Long Beach, California. The policeman believes the area should have been better investigated and secured ahead of the election campaign meeting. On the roof behind Trump were snipers from the police. They fired back at the attacker, killing him. Photo: Gene J. Puskar / AP/NTB The retired security expert Jim Cavanaugh with experience from several missions with the Secret Service is also surprised that an attacker managed to get onto a roof so close to Donald Trump. – My experience is that they should normally have control at all high points, either themselves or in collaboration with local police. No one should be allowed to walk on roofs nearby. They must have control there, says Cavanaugh to NBC. Witnesses have explained to the media that they saw a man crawling on the roof, and that they tried to alert the police on the spot about the danger even before the shots were fired. Witnesses: Tried to speak out – We pointed to the man who climbed up. We clearly saw that he had a rifle, says eyewitness Greg Smith to the BBC. Smith says he tried to notify the police several times. He wondered why no one reacted and why no one had taken Trump off the stage. – The Secret Service watched us while I pointed to the ceiling. The next thing that happens is that five shots are fired. Eyewitness Greg Smith says he saw a man with a gun on a roof just before the shooting at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. Roses also for the efforts Both the New York Times and the Washington Post have written about conspiracy theories that spread after the shooting. That users on social media and various online platforms believed that the left in the USA was behind the assassination, or that it was connected to something they called the “deep state”. The Secret Service itself has also had to come out and deny that it had rejected a request from Donald Trump’s election campaign organization for more security. – It is a false claim that a person from Trump’s election campaign made contact to get more security, and that these requests were rejected, says spokesman Anthony Guglielmi in the Secret Service. Donald Trump holds up a clenched fist after being hit by a stray bullet during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. He has blood on his face from an injury to one ear. Photo: ANNA MONEYMAKER / AFP/NTB Donald Trump himself thanked the bodyguards and the police for their quick response when the attack happened. – I want to thank the Secret Service and everyone else in the police force for their quick response after the shooting that happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, he wrote on his own social website Truth Social. Incumbent president and rival candidate Joe Biden also thanked the security forces shortly after the attack. – I want to thank the Secret Service and all the other security agencies both nationally and locally, said Biden. The site of a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after it was evacuated. Photo: ANNA MONEYMAKER / AFP/NTB Published 14.07.2024, at 16.31
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