{"id":965622,"date":"2024-07-14T05:40:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T05:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=965622"},"modified":"2024-07-14T05:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T05:40:31","slug":"trump-rally-shooting-investigated-as-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/trump-rally-shooting-investigated-as-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rally shooting investigated as &#8216;assassination attempt&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shooting of former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania is being investigated as an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter has reportedly been killed by secret service agents while a rally attendee was also killed, the circumstances of the latter unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service and the Trump campaign confirmed that the Republican-presumptive nominee for President was safe after he was escorted off stage with blood coming from his right ear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump posts on social media after shooting at campaign rally, now being investigated as an assassination attempt.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sabcnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sabcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dXBnBEbhcT\">https:\/\/t.co\/dXBnBEbhcT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zqgBJ1HJ7n\">pic.twitter.com\/zqgBJ1HJ7n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sherwin Bryce-Pease (@sherwiebp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sherwiebp\/status\/1812289542759858232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Joe Biden said in a statement that he&#8217;d been briefed and expressed relief that Trump was safe and doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said there was no place for this kind of violence in America and called on the nation to unite in condemning it.<\/p>\n<p>Words rang out across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama and Speaker Mike Johnson expressed relief that Trump didn&#8217;t appear to be seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected shooter was &#8220;neutralized&#8221; on the roof of a building near the rally&#8217;s location. It&#8217;s unclear who the shooter was, their motive and the circumstances of the other deaths at the rally.<\/p>\n<p>A Trump campaign spokesperson said the former President thanked law enforcement and first responders for their quick reaction, and that he was fine and being checked at a local medical facility.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday condemned a shooting during former U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s election rally.<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference, Albanese wished Trump and his family well and said that regardless of one&#8217;s political views, &#8220;there is no place for the events we saw today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Additional reporting by Reuters)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally on Saturday, sparking panic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":965623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1277],"tags":[318,871],"class_list":["post-965622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-2","tag-donald-trump","tag-us-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}