Multiple U.S. Secret Service agents are said to be on leave as the agency continues to investigate the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
Among those agents who are currently not working is the director of the Pittsburgh field office, according to TMZ. As we previously shared, on July 13, during an outdoor rally in Butler, PA, Donald Trump was targeted when Thomas Matthew Crooks climbed onto the roof of a nearby building and fired eight shots at him. One of the bullets grazed Trump’s ear, while another shot tragically killed a man in the crowd and injured two others.
According to authorities, Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old Pennsylvania resident, had parked his car near the rally in Butler on that Saturday. He then climbed onto the roof of a nearby building to gain a vantage point of the stage. At approximately 6 p.m., roughly 15 minutes after Trump started his speech, the shooter began firing.
Gunshots were heard and screams filled the air as the former president sought cover behind the podium, while Secret Service agents rushed onto the stage to shield him.
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Shortly after, Secret Service agents fatally shot the suspect, and Trump was quickly escorted off stage and driven away in his motorcade.