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- BetOnline immediately pulled its presidential odds following the shooting.
- Odds were updated hours later with former President Donald Trump going from -160 to -300 following assassination attempt
- The shooter and one rally attendee are confirmed dead with two critically injured
- Trump said on Truth Social that a bullet had grazed the upper portion of his right ear
Former U.S. President Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after loud noises rang through the crowd.
The shooter and one individual in the crowd are confirmed dead. Two others are said to be critically injured, according to a local prosecutor.
The shooting at the PA Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt. The suspect and a motive have yet to be determined.
Presidential odds were immediately pulled by BetOnline right after the shooting. BetOnline has since updated the odds and now have Trump at -300 after re-opening at -250. The price had stayed at -300 for the past few hours entering Midnight overnight Saturday.
Current President Joe Biden had moved from +350 to +550 during the late night hours Saturday.
— Dave Mason (@DaveMasonBOL) July 14, 2024
After being shot, Trump signals to Americans to FIGHT!!!
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Posting on his Truth Social media site about two and a half hours after the shooting, Trump said a bullet “pierced the upper part of my right ear.”
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” he said in the post. “Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”
The attack, by a shooter who law enforcement officials say was then killed by the Secret Service, was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. It comes amid a deeply polarized political atmosphere, just four months from the presidential elections and days before Trump is to be officially named the Republican nominee at his party’s convention.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed after midnight that a number of shots were fired and that the unidentified shooter was a male. They were confident they had his identity through DNA. Authorities were at a residence where they believed the suspect lived.
Trump’s aides said late Saturday that the convention would proceed and Trump “looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee.”
“President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act,” spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.”
The Secret Service said the suspected shooter fired from “an elevated position outside of the rally venue.” Trump is “safe and being evaluated,” the agency said.
“There’s no place in America for this type of violence,” President Joe Biden, who is running against Trump as the presumptive Democratic nominee, said in remarks. “It’s sick. It’s sick.”
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