Investigation at a critical stage. What compelled a 20yearold man to drive an hour from his home to open fire on the former president , wounding trump, killing one rally spectator, and injuring two others before he was killed by Law Enforcement. Plus, growing questions about the Security Readiness at that Pennsylvania Rally. How was a man with an Arstyle Weapon able to scale a building less than 150 yards from a former president . Clearly visible to bystanders on the ground. President biden has launched an independent review, and members of congress are readying probes as well. Also today, the Republican National Convention begins in milwaukee. Donald trump is already there. In a new interview, he reflects on that attempt on his life saying, quote, im supposed to be dead. Lets get you the very latest on the ground with nbcs George Solis in pennsylvania and also nbcs Dan De Luce. George, Law Enforcement is still processing that rally site. I understand you spoke to some eyewitnesss who
Side and look like he got grazed and their right ear with a Bullet Kind of saw that Go On and then i looked down, i saw the man died on the bleachers theres just complete pandemonium like every, you know, there was a bit of a delay like there was a lot of confusion but immediately, it seemed like more gunfire erupted. I couldnt figure out where that was coming from and then theres a State Policeman there i believe a Swat Team showed up relatively quickly. They jumped those side theres offense. It was next to the bleachers. They jumped the bleachers. Im sorry, clear on the bleachers and then i helped carry the body of the Man Town Waitress and i took them to attend behind the bleachers. We put a towel over. He said, but he is deceased you were telling me before when we were chatting briefly that you never had a chance to make it to a Trump Rally, that this was your first time. Do would you feel safe coming back to another Trump Rally its a very random event that happens. I feel safe gen
Perimeter where the stage and the rally was. This building is outside of that fence. Its definitely higher than the fence. You can see that the fence doesnt go that high there is a red building i dont im not sure if you can see it on our camera here. Theres a Read Building to the right of the stage that is where the snipers i had saw that myself on the ground when i was inside the rally the snipers were on top of the building and thats where they were able to immediately respond to the shooter in real time. But you can see, i mean, its very dark now and obviously it wasnt earlier today you can see here though just how close this building is to the actual Rally Venue and the stage itself where Donald Trump with speaking earlier very briefly before the round of shots fired wealth, Alayna Treene on the scene for us, alayna, thank you very much. Anderson, back to you. It is about 10 00 p. M. Here on the east coast, a little less than four hours into the investigation of an Assassination At
Was a lot of blood and eventually some Police Officers came up and carried him to where i hope he got the Urgent Care and obviously praying for him now so that was what i saw. I saw the immediate attack on the president and i saw the fact that this person behind me was injured but you can imagine what that kind of incident happening . Very hard to know whats coming. In fact, im not sure whether it was one shooter or two shooters. I couldnt really tell. It seemed like the shots were coming from my front so so to the press from the presence left but which would have made sense why the person behind me was hit. But im not sure if there was also shots coming from other directions, so as you might imagine, it was chaotic and confusing in the moment dave mccormick, their eyewitness to the shooting. Im Jim Sciutto, our breaking News Coverage continues cnn breaking News Hello and, welcome im Jim Sciutto in washington, a difficult day in this countrys history, the fbi now says that the shooting
Prayers yesterday. As it was god alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. We will fear not. But instead remain resilient in our Faith And Defiance in the face of wickedness. Rachel wickedness indeed a bullet pierced the top of his right ear and then ducked to the ground before standing back up one Rally Goer killed in the shooting two others critically hurt. Fbi identifying Suspect Shooter as 20yearold Thomas Matthew crooks of bethel park, pennsylvania took position on a rooftop 130 yards from the podium and then opened fire before being shot and killed by countersnipers from Secret Service. Will Police Officers gathering outside crooks home this morning after reportedly swarming residents Last Night. Moments ago the secret Service Spokesperson saying they added Technology And Part of the tempo to protect trump. Pete were going to show you the full unedited version of the moment shots rang out. Watch. Take a look at what happened over [sound of gunfire] get down. [sound of g