A Trump rally attendee describes the moment he saw a man fatally shot during Pennsylvania event where the former president was also injured. The man, identified as Joseph, explained how he tried to help the man and recounted the moment shots were fired.
BUTLER, Pa. — A man who was at former President Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday described the moment he saw another attendee drop to the ground, dead, after being shot in the head. NBC News spoke with the witness, identified only by his first name, Joseph, who appeared to speak about the moment a single spectator was killed at the event when shots rang out just moments after Trump began speaking.
' Another woman nearby appeared to have been shot in the forearm or in the hand, according to Joseph. Joseph said he counted seven shots and both the deceased man and the injured woman were hit within those first seven shots. He said at first he was in shock and that he knew the pops were gunshots but that he didn’t know where they were coming from, adding that they were 'very loud' and 'very close.
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