U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson said Saturday that his nephew was injured during a shooting at former President Donald Trump’s campaign event in Pennsylvania that is being investigated as an attempted assassination.
During an interview on Fox News, the Amarillo Republican described how a bullet grazed the neck of his nephew, whom he did not identify, while he sat “in the line of fire” in a section behind the former president during his rally.
“They were in the friends and family pin. They heard the shots,” Jackson said of his nephew and sister-in-law who attended the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “He was grazed in the neck, a bullet crossed his neck, cut his neck and he was bleeding.”
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Jackson, a former Trump White House physician, did not attend the event, which abruptly ended after the Secret Service whisked Trump off the stage. The presumptive Republican nominee for president appeared to have streaks of blood smeared across his face.
Rally attendees speaking to media outlets have described a chaotic scene following the gunshots, which were mistaken by some as popped balloons or firecrackers. Among those in attendance was Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who told The Dallas Morning News he was standing about 30 feet behind Trump.
“It was panic and chaos,” Miller told The News. “People’s ducking down and laying on the ground scared.”
Jackson said his nephew was later treated at a triage tent, where he saw the body of the man who was fatally shot.
The Associated Press has reported that two people were killed — one attendee and the suspected shooter — while two attendees were critically injured. The shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, the wire service reported.
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