said he plans to hold another rally in Butler, after a gunman fired an -style rifle at the former president moments after he stepped on stage in the town on July 13. In an all-caps message on his Truth Social on Friday, Trump said he will be “going back” for “a big and beautiful rally” to honor a rally attendee who was fatally shot and two others who were critically injured during the assassination attempt. “WHAT A DAY IT WILL BE — FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS,” he wrote.
It is unclear whether Trump will return to the same open-air fairgrounds where 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks fired at the former president from a rooftop outside a security perimeter. Secret Service and federal law enforcement officials have . Within the last two weeks after the shooting, Trump has instead held rallies at indoor arenas.
Earlier this week, Trump announced a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on July 31, roughly four hours away from Butler. On July 13, Crooks fired eight rounds within six seconds, Corey Comperatore David Dutch and James Copenhave. A bullet grazed Trump’s ear.
The weapon, which Crooks owned, was initially purchased by Crooks’s father more than a decade ago, according to . Crooks had Google searched details about the assassination of John F Kennedy a week before the attack, and registered for Trump’s rally that same day, Wray said. Crooks visited a shooting range the day before the attack and flew a drone around the area hours before .