Dramatic new video of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump shows the moment Secret Service agents shot the gunman on a rooftop hundreds of feet away.
Footage shows officers on top of a building above the scene of the protest in Butler, Pennsylvania, as gunshots could be heard.
One of the guns is seen recoiling as Donald Trump grabs his ear and runs off the stage after clenching his fist and shouting “fight, fight, fight.”
The failed assassin was shot dead along with a member of the crowd who was taking part in the demonstration in the terrifying scene which occurred at 6.15pm on Saturday.
Dramatic new video of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump shows the moment Secret Service snipers shot the gunman on a rooftop hundreds of feet away.
Witnesses described seeing a man armed with a rifle climbing onto the roof of a building 130 yards away and police recovered an AR-style rifle from the scene.
The suspect fired at least eight shots from outside the security perimeter in an incident that prompted immediate calls for an investigation into the security breach.
A witness to the murder said he warned Secret Service agents about a man with a rifle on a nearby roof minutes before they opened fire.
The witness, identified only as Greg, told the BBC he saw the suspected gunman climb onto a roof outside the event and was baffled by officers’ lack of action.
Images show officers on the roof of a building above the scene of the protest in Butler, Pennsylvania, as gunshots can be heard. Photos show officers on the roof
Blood is seen coming out of Donald Trump’s ear, where he said he was shot
An extraordinary photograph shows Donald Trump on the ground at the Butler Show Grounds in Pennsylvania on Saturday after he was injured in a shooting that left two people dead.
Blood is seen coming out of Donald Trump’s ear, where he said he was shot
An extraordinary photograph shows Donald Trump on the ground at the Butler Show Grounds in Pennsylvania on Saturday after he was injured in a shooting that left two people dead.
“I was thinking, ‘Why is Trump still talking? Why hasn’t he been removed from the stage?'” she said. “And all of a sudden, five shots rang out.”
He added that he saw the Secret Service “blow his head off.”
After Trump was shot, he assured the crowd that he would leave and later released a statement from the hospital detailing what happened to him.