Shoes, fist-pumps, open-air venue, 150-yard building, more were security concerns, former Secret Service agents say
By Russ Jones | The Epoch Times
As gunshots rang out during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, Secret Service agents quickly formed a protective circle around the former president and escorted him off the platform to a waiting vehicle.
The shooter, who was killed immediately after the attack, was a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles south of the rally site in Butler. He had positioned himself on a factory rooftop approximately 130 yards from the Butler Showgrounds and fired a number shots at President Trump, with one bullet grazing Trump’s right ear.
A former fire chief who was attending the rally with his family was killed in the shooting. Two other rally attendees were also critically ...