Last Updated on 15/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
The shooting at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania, which is being investigated as an assassination attempt, has drawn comparisons to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. A video from the Reagan incident showing a Secret Service officer taking a bullet for the president has gone viral in the aftermath of the Trump shooting.
The attack on Trump was the most serious attempt to kill a president or presidential candidate since Reagan was shot in 1981. It left one bystander, a former fire chief named Corey Comperatore, dead after he dove on his family to protect them. Two other people were also critically wounded.
In the 1981 video, Secret Service agent Jerry Parr is seen pushing Reagan into the presidential limousine after shots were fired by John Hinckley Jr. outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Parr took a bullet that was meant for Reagan, likely saving the president’s life.
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The shooting at the Trump rally disrupted the event, with the former president being rushed off the stage with his ear bleeding. Secret Service agents immediately surrounded Trump, who raised his fist as he was pulled to safety. The alleged shooter, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by Secret Service snipers.
The FBI is investigating the shooting as an attempted assassination and an act of domestic terrorism[5]. Authorities have not yet determined a motive, but bomb-making materials were found in Crooks’ vehicle and home. The agency believes Crooks acted alone and was not previously on their radar.
The attack has drawn new attention to concerns about political violence in the deeply polarized U.S. less than four months before the presidential election. It could also impact security at the upcoming Republican National Convention, where Trump is scheduled to accept the GOP nomination.