Officials confirm two dead after shooting at Trump rally in Pa.

BUTLER, Pa. (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania State Police are stationed extracurricular of Butler Memorial Hospital wherever officials person confirmed 2 individuals died pursuing a shooting astatine a Donald Trump rally successful Butler connected Saturday.

Suzanne Vincent was attending the rally with her sister, Jean, erstwhile they heard the dependable of gunfire astir them.

"It was truthful surreal erstwhile we heard the dependable of the bullets. It conscionable went one, two, three, four, five, six. And past we're looking astir like, 'firecrackers?' And my nephew goes, 'Get down, get down!' And helium conscionable shoves america down. And I conscionable wanted to crawl retired of determination connected my stomach. I was truthful scared," Vincent said.

According to the United States Secret Service, 1 rally attendee arsenic good arsenic the shooter are dead. Two different attendees were critically injured. Trump is being evaluated astatine the hospital, which is presently connected lockdown.

US Secret Service unit neutralized the shooter, who is present deceased. US Secret Service rapidly responded with protective measures and the erstwhile president is harmless and being evaluated.

"I can't judge radical would bash thing similar this, that radical person truthful overmuch hatred that they would truthful thing similar this," said Scott Smith lasting extracurricular of Butler Memorial Hospital to amusement his enactment for Trump.

While immoderate arrived astatine the infirmary to springiness Trump their good wishes, immoderate counter-protestors besides gathered with 1 woman, Ash Nix, holding a motion stating, "Wishing Trump a agelong unspeakable recovery!"

"The lone bittersweet happening is, if thing were to hap to him, helium becomes a martyr. And we don't privation that," Nix said.

According to Pennsylvania State Police Troop D, the probe into the shooting is ongoing. Troopers are besides requesting that radical refrain from calling the barracks for an update to support exigency lines open.

Secret Service has formally notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assistance with the investigation.

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