Donald Trump took a bullet to the ear Saturday, however multiple was fired — and, new video reveals the second one of many projectiles hit a railing … and presumably a spectator too.
The clip — which is now circulating on social media — reveals the seconds after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired towards the stage Saturday in Butler, PA … selecting up as one of many bullets ricochets off the far railing of the stands and sends individuals scrambling.
Watch … the noise from the shot rings out, and a small puff of smoke explodes into the air because the bullet strikes the metallic rail. Two individuals standing close by instantly react.
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On the similar time — nearer to the middle of the stands — a person on the highest row drops when the gunshot goes off … it nearly appears like he would possibly’ve been hit. Others round him additionally begin to hit the bottom in try to cowl — however the man in white goes down exhausting and quick.
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Like we mentioned, some on-line imagine this man was hit by the bullet and injured … nevertheless it’s unclear if that is so or if he merely crashed to the bottom after listening to the noise.
In fact, we all know one man — Corey Comperatore — was tragically killed … and two others have been injured … to not point out Trump himself, whose ear was grazed by a bullet as effectively.
One thing attention-grabbing that I’m seeing that I have never seen anybody else level out concerning the photographs fired at Trump. One of many bullets actually hits a hydraulic hose on the carry that’s holding up the audio system. pic.twitter.com/AP0ds99vsv
— Byron Boyd (@Byron_Boyd) July 14, 2024
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Video from information broadcasts that day appear to point out simply how far this bullet went … with some suggesting it continued on its approach and hit a hydraulic hose on a forklift holding up a speaker system … with water gushing out proper subsequent to the stands the place this occurred.
In any case, it is one other angle displaying simply how shut others on the rally got here to tragedy when Crooks fired off a sequence of photographs earlier than snipers promptly took him down.
Different movies have come out displaying simply how lengthy TMC needed to set as much as get his near-fatal shot on the forty fifth President of the USA … and it seems like he was roaming the grounds — on regulation enforcement’s radar — for some time earlier than he obtained on the roof and fired away.
DJT’s since hit the Republican Nationwide Conference the place he is slated to talk tomorrow … and, we’re positive he’ll communicate at size concerning the taking pictures.
