Donald Trump was giving a speech in Pennsylvania when he appeared to fall to the ground clutching his ear - at which point he was surrounded by armed security staff.
Two people have died after a gunman opened fired at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania - with the former president also suffering a bullet wound to his ear. The US Secret Service confirmed a suspected gunman fired 'multiple shots' toward the stage from what they described as an 'elevated position outside of the rally venue'. They said the gunman had been 'neutralised' by US Secret Service personnel and was now dead.
' Meanwhile, Trump said a bullet pierced the upper part of his ear during the incident, which took place while he was giving a speech on stage. '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 realised then what was happening,' he said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
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