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Trump shooting live updates: Injured victim out of medically induced coma

One spectator was killed and two were hurt in Saturday's shooting.

Last Updated: July 16, 2024, 11:53 AM EDT

Federal authorities are investigating after former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Blood splattered on Trump's face as Secret Service agents surrounded him and led him off the stage to a waiting vehicle to whisk him away. Trump is "fine," a spokesperson said.

The alleged shooter was killed by snipers. One spectator was killed and two were hurt, officials said.

    11:19 AM EDT

    What we know about the shooting

    After conducting more than 100 interviews, searching the suspect's home and vehicle, and cracking into his cellphone, FBI investigators were still searching on Tuesday for the motive that led a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man to attempt to assassinate a former president. Read more here.

    This aerial image shows the location of the stage at the Trump rally in Butler, Pa., and the suspected shooter's location on a rooftop near the venue.
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    10 hours and 57 minutes ago

    House Homeland Security Committee chairman calls on Secret Service director, FBI director, Mayorkas to testify

    House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Texas, is calling on Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray to testify before the committee on Tuesday, July 23.

    "The American people want answers," Green said in a statement. "It is imperative that we partner to understand what went wrong, and how Congress can work with the departments and agencies to ensure this never happens again."

    Cheatle is expected to testify before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee on Monday, July 22.

    11:14 AM EDT

    Injured victim shot in chest, liver; out of medically induced coma

    One of the men injured in Saturday's shooting, 57-year-old David Dutch, was shot in the chest and liver, according to the Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania.

    Dutch is no longer in a medically induced coma and has been upgraded from critical to stable condition, the organization said.

    An aerial view shows the site during the police investigation into gunfire at a campaign rally of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, in Butler, Pa., July 14, 2024.
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    Dutch is a former Marine who serves as commandant of his Marine Corps League detachment, the organization said.

    The other injured victim, 74-year-old James Copenhaver, has also been upgraded from critical to stable condition, officials said.

    -ABC News’ Alex Presha

    10:49 AM EDT

    Trump: Bullet 'sounded like the world's largest mosquito'

    In a private phone call with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former President Donald Trump said the bullet "sounded like the world’s largest mosquito."

    RFK Jr.'s son posted on X a video of the call, which was filmed from what looks to be RFK Jr.'s hotel room. RFK Jr. had Trump on speaker phone.

    The younger Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy III, removed the post after his father said on X that he was "mortified" it became public.

    Trump also told RFK Jr. about the phone call he received from President Joe Biden after Saturday’s assassination attempt.

    "It was very nice, actually. He called me, and he said, 'How did you choose to move to the right?' [Inaudible] Everybody’s looking straight on," Trump said. "I said, 'I was just showing a chart.'"

    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surround by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
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    -ABC News’ Will McDuffie

    10:20 AM EDT

    Feds warn of possible 'follow-on or retaliatory' attacks

    The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued a bulletin to law enforcement across the country warning them that, in the wake of Saturday's shooting, violent extremists could try to conduct "follow-on or retaliatory" attacks at events over the next few months related to the 2024 presidential election.

    The bulletin urged local, state and federal law enforcement -- and their partners -- to remain vigilant and report any suspicious behavior.

    The bulletin also said that "lone actors" or small groups of extremists "likely will continue to view" political rallies and campaign events as "attractive targets."

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