“I knew right away, as soon as I heard the pop, that it was gunfire.” 

 

Former Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said he was watching the rally being held by former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon when shots rang out.  

 

According to USA Today reports, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was injured in the ear after a rooftop sniper opened fire on the rally with an AR-15-style rifle. The Secret Service said one spectator was killed and two others critically injured. Images of the aftermath showed Trump bleeding from the right side of his head. 

 

Hodgson, a longtime Trump supporter, is the chairman of the Trump 2024 campaign in Massachusetts. He spoke by phone while traveling to this week's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While he was shocked by the violence, he said, he was inspired by Trump’s demeanor after the attack. 

 

“What an amazing guy," Hodgson said. “He gets shot, he goes down, he comes back up and he’s telling the Secret Service to pause because he wants people to know that we’re going to persevere.”

 

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