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Donald Trump Says He Was Shot in Ear, ‘Felt the Bullet Ripping Through the Skin’ at Campaign Rally
Trump could be seen with blood on his ear and face shortly after shots were fired at his Pennsylvania campaign rally on July 13

Donald Trump says he was “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear” during a shooting at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13.

Trump, 78, issued a statement on Truth Social detailing his injury hours after he was rushed off the rally stage with blood on his face and ear. In the statement, Trump also confirmed earlier reports that both the shooter and a rally attendee are dead, and that another person was “badly injured.” (The Secret Service, in its own statement, has since confirmed that two people were critically injured.)

“I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,” Trump said in the statement. “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.”

Elsewhere in the statement, Trump thanked the United States Secret Service, and law enforcement, “for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania.”

“Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured,” Trump added.

Trump continued: “It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead.”