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Trump rally assassination attempt — Butler, Pennsylvania
Reporting from Butler after the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump — including coverage of new video showing the gunman moving outside the rally's security perimeter before shots were fired.
McLaughlin reported for TODAY in the days after a gunman opened fire at Donald Trump’s July 13, 2024 rally in Butler — including reporting as new video emerged appearing to show the shooter walking outside the security perimeter before taking the stage shots that killed spectator Corey Comperatore, wounded two others and grazed the former president’s ear.
Why it mattered
The attempt killed firefighter Corey Comperatore and wounded Trump and two spectators; the security failure prompted investigations into how a gunman reached a rooftop inside rifle range of the stage.
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