By Russ Jones | The Epoch Times
As gunshots rang out during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, Secret Service agents quickly formed a protective circle around the former president and escorted him off the platform to a waiting vehicle.
The shooter, who was killed immediately after the attack, was a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles south of the rally site in Butler. He had positioned himself on a factory rooftop approximately 130 yards from the Butler Showgrounds and fired a number shots at President Trump, with one bullet grazing Trump’s right ear.
A former fire chief who was attending the rally with his family was killed in the shooting. Two other rally attendees were also critically wounded.
The Epoch Times spoke with several former Secret Service agents about the incident and what could have been done to prevent it.