It’s been a crazy Saturday as we witnessed a (terrible) historic moment when an assassin tried to take out Donald Trump. The news has been coming in fast and furious, but the online outlet TMZ has just posted some stunning footage showing the alleged suspect firing his weapon in a deranged attempt to take out the former president. Luckily, he missed, and the Secret Service quickly took him out.
They describe the chaotic scene:
The Trump rally gunman was laid out on his belly, took aim and fired shots into the crowd before he got met with incoming bullets that killed him ... and TMZ has it all on video.
We've obtained an incredible clip that shows the moment the gunman opened fire at the Butler, PA rally Saturday -- and you can see the guy looking through either a scope or iron sights on a roof ... with people watching down below and freaking out, their panic palpable.
Warning: Graphic footage. Watch:
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The outlet described what their cameraman caught:
The guy has longer brown hair, and he seems to be wearing a grey shirt/khaki pants -- and as you can see, he's carefully trying pinpoint a target from afar before pulling the trigger.
Once bullets start to ring out, you can hear people screaming on the ground and a mass scramble take place .... and only moments later, you can hear incoming gunfire -- with multiple pops coming his way, and at that point ... the gunman was struck, all on camera.
There are multiple pictures of the dead gunman on social media, but we are not going to show the disturbing images here. The cameraman and his wife were able to spot the wannabe assassin’s movements—so why didn’t law enforcement? These are the questions that will be asked over and over in the coming days.
The cameraman, Michael Difrischia, panned back to the gunman after the retaliating rounds could be heard ... and sure enough, you see the gunman laying there limp and lifeless. You can hear someone off-camera say, "That's exactly why we need f***ing Trump here."
In terms of what led up to this ... Difrischia tells us he and his wife, Amber, were watching the Trump rally from outside the main grounds ... standing near some trees with about 30 to 40 other people, when Amber noticed the dude climbing up onto a nearby building there.
Here is another video during the afternoon when witnesses speculate as to whether the shooter is dead or not:
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