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Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with what appears to be blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. Republican candidate Donald Trump was evacuated from the stage at today's rally after what sounded like shots rang out at the event in Pennsylvania, according to AFP.
The former US president was seen with blood on his right ear as he was surrounded by security agents, who hustled him off the stage as he pumped his first to the crowd.
Trump was bundled into an SUV and driven away. (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP)

Photo: Rebecca DROKE / AFP

Former US president Donald Trump has arrived in Milwaukee for his party's election convention - and to be confirmed the Republican Party's nominee for president - a day after an attempt on his life at a rally.

Trump had just begun a campaign speech in Butler, Pennsylvania on Sunday (NZT) when shots rang out, hitting the former president's right ear and streaking his face with blood.

Secret Service agents fatally shot the suspect, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who they say fired from the roof of a building 140m from the stage where Trump was speaking.

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