Trump injured in an assassination attempt at a rally

YEREVAN, JULY 14, ARMENPRESS. Former U.S. President Donald Trump was injured Saturday evening during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt, CNN reports.

A gunman and at least one audience member are dead, and two other attendees are critically injured, according to the Secret Service. Trump said on social media that he was shot and hit by a bullet in the “upper part of my right ear.”

The former president is safe after he was rushed off the stage with blood on his face, the report adds, citing the Secret Service. The Secret Service said the shooter fired multiple shots from an “elevated position” outside of the rally before he was killed by agents.

Law enforcement sources told CNN the shooter was on a building rooftop just outside the rally venue.

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Trump after the shooting. Biden denounced the violence in remarks Saturday night and said in a statement earlier that he’s “grateful” Trump is safe.