How the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump Unfolded

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How the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump Unfolded  Spectators warned police about a man with a gun as suspected gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks prepared to assassinate former President Donald Trump from a rooftop less than 450 feet from the rally stage. Photo illustration  Business Insider  and Business Insider videos

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00:00Gunfire erupted at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania,

00:18Saturday.

00:19Trump said a bullet struck him in the ear.

00:23Here's how the attack unfolded.

00:25President Trump was speaking from a stage located here, with Secret Service snipers

00:30in position on the roof of a building behind the stage.

00:34The suspected gunman was on the roof of another building less than 450 feet away from where

00:38Trump was speaking, with a clear line of sight.

00:46Moments before the shooting, we can hear nearby spectators saying they see someone with a

00:51gun.

00:53At the same time, while Trump speaks, the Secret Service snipers can be seen facing

00:58the gunman's direction.

01:00We see the agent on the roof pick his head up just before shots ring out at 615.

01:08Secret Service agents rush to pull Trump to the ground.

01:22As they rush him from the stage, blood can be seen on the bleachers behind where Trump

01:31was speaking.

01:34A spectator was killed and two more were critically injured at the event.

01:41The suspected gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed.

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