It looks like Trump may have been "collateral damage"

[orangecrush]

Perhaps one of his whackos got pissed at someone in the crowd and emptied his magazine.

"Speaking in a parking lot near the event side, a mother and son who were attending the rally told NBC News that people in the crowd were injured and carried away. People remained at the scene for 10 to 15 minutes after Trump was taken away, after which hey were then told it was an active crime scene and all attendees were escorted out.

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Three senior law enforcement officials said that they are looking into whether two other individuals in the crowd were shot at the rally. The threat has been “contained,” according to the officials."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-rushes-trump-stage-shots-fired-pennsylvania-rally-rcna161735

[senseandsensibility]

1. Well that would be something

[TwilightZone]

2. The article doesn't support your assertion.

The other people shot could just as easily be the collateral damage. That's significantly more likely, though the shooter's motivation has yet to be established or reported.

[Quixote1818]

3. Probability of this is about zero. Trump's head getting hit when they were aming for someone else? nt

[planj07]

8. It wasn't Trump's head

He got hit by a shard of glass. If it was a bullet his ear would’ve been blown off.

[LexVegas]

10. False. nt

[kcr]

11. It's way too early to be sure of that. nt

[womanofthehills]

16. Videos of SS shooting man on roof

Link to tweet

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[NickB79]

22. I don't believe this shows the SS agent firing back

It appears he sees something that catches his attention right before the shooting starts, when he lifts his head off the scope, ducks back to line up a shot, the shooting starts, then the video cuts off.

The shooter got off 8-10 rounds in 10 seconds before the counter-sniper pegged him.

[EX500rider]

12. A full metal jacket round would just wizz thru a earlobe, not "blow it off"

[DemocraticPatriot]

14. Are those rounds legally available to civilians ?

[EX500rider]

15. Yes, it's the hollow points that are not available to the military all the time

Hollow points are more dangerous and create worse wound effects.

most NATO militaries only use FMJ rounds because of an international treaty that prohibits expanding rounds.

But hollow point might just wizz thru too, not much resistance in a earlobe to expand the bullet.

[orangecrush]

18. You were right

[Irish_Dem]

4. There would have been a lot easier ways to kill someone in the audience.

And doing it in such a way the US Secret Service is after you?

No one is that stupid.

[orangecrush]

7. Stupid lives in a bottle

I can vouch for that.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Ok fair point.

[orangecrush]

19. Not this time

From a rooftop a out 300 yards away.

[Irish_Dem]

21. He had to know the SS would kill him.

He was in plain sight.

So you are right.
He was foolish.

[orangecrush]

9. Looks like I was wrong

You were right.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Uninformed speculation is worse than useless. You are assuming it was from within the security perimeter. . . . nt

[ColinC]

6. White on white crime

Or is MAGA on MAGA violence more appropriate?

[Melon]

17. He shot from a nearby roof at Trump.

[orangecrush]

20. Yep

[ecstatic]

23. collateral damage in a final destination scenario?