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Shooter Dead, Rally Attendee Killed, Trump 'Lucky to Be Alive' After 'Attempted Assassination' 

Spencer Brown / Townhall Tipsheet 

 

David McCormick, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania and a veteran of the Iraq War, was in the front row of Trump's rally in Butler when chaos ensued. He called into Fox News Channel to share what he witnessed first-hand as the "very scary moment" now formally being investigated as an "attempted assassination" unfolded.

"At least some of the shots — I was sitting to President Trump's right as he was facing the crowd and I was in the front row — it felt like some of the shots came from his left side which would make sense because someone behind me was hit," McCormick explained. 

The Trump campaign has since said that the former president is "fine" and being "checked out" at a local medical facility. 

"It felt like at least some came from that side of the crowd," the Republican candidate continued on Fox News Channel. "I'm not an expert on this, but it sounded like a small-caliber weapon of some sort," McCormick shared of what he heard of the rapid "succession of the shots." Read more and see Xs and videos here.