The US Secret Service is facing questions the attempted assassination former President Donald Trump on Saturday. A shooter managed to climb the roof of a building that was just 130 metres where Mr Trump was speaking a rally. People who attended the event told police they had seen a man with a rifle top of the building. There were also police inside the building from which the gunman fired shots Mr Trump. The director of the Secret Service said the shooting "was unacceptable". She said: "This is an event that never should have happened." She added: "The Secret Service is responsible the protection the former President. The buck stops me."
The shooting is the first attempt a President's or former President's life the shooting Ronald Reagan in 1981. Mr Trump was speaking to a large crowd supporters at his campaign rally Butler, Pennsylvania. The 20-year-old gunman fired eight shots. One bullet hit Mr Trump's ear. There was blood his ear and face. Secret Service officers immediately surrounded Trump. Secret Service staff hurried the former President to a nearby safety vehicle. One man died and two people were critically injured the shooting. The gunman was shot and killed a sniper. Mr Trump later thanked God "preventing the unthinkable". He was well enough to attend a Republican convention Monday.
