Former President Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that he had been “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear” at his rally in Butler, Pa., describing his experience in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Mr. Trump was just minutes into his speech when shots were fired.
In his post, he said he “knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin.”The former president, who was rushed off the stage with blood on his right ear and his face, added that “much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”In his post, Mr. Trump extended his condolences to the family of the person attending his rally who was killed, and to the family of “another person that was badly injured.”
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