Residents in parts of New York City and New Jersey were shaken by a loud boom Tuesday July 16 morning.. NASA officials saying it was likely due to a daylight fireball meteor.
NASA’s Meteor Watch team reports that the daylight fireball was seen at 11:17 a.m. ET, according to an update shared to Facebook Tuesday afternoon..
A daylight fireball is a meteor that is bright enough to be visible during daylight hours because it’s burning brighter than the sun’s light as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere…
Channel 11′s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man on a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person. We have learned from our sources the person in that picture is Thomas Crooks. We’re told it’s not clear if Crooks had a gun with him at that point.
According to multiple sources, a law enforcement officer had also previously seen Crooks on the ground and called him in as a suspicious person with a picture prior to 5:45 p.m. Our sources tell us an officer checked the grounds for Crooks at that point, but did not see him where the first picture was taken.
26 minutes after the second picture of Crooks was taken by law enforcement and the information called in, shots were fired from the roof of the American Glass Research building. Seconds later, a Secret Service sniper returned fire and killed Crooks.
The POST said that Trump was bandaged but photos were not permitted to be taken..
Some quotes:
On the shooting: “I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” Trump said. “I’m supposed to be dead”
On the “get my shoes” request.. “The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,” he said with a smile.
On the shooter: “They took him out with one shot right between the eyes,” the former president said as he pointed to the bridge of his nose. “They did a fantastic job,” he added. “It’s surreal for all of us.”
On the photo and the “fight” with a fist pump: “A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen,” Trump said. “They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture.” He added, “I just wanted to keep speaking, but I just got shot.”
“By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here,” he said.
23 years ago, George W. Bush graced the cover of Time Magazine after 9/11 holding a flag on the rubble on the World Trade Center Towers.. It felt at the time like a game changer–for better or worse history was altered and a new path was carved..
All these years later, a new historic photo is now etched into our psyche..
Donald Trump, grazed by a bullet in an assassination attempt, now graces a new cover of TIME magazine.. The sky behind him is blue, unliked the Bush imagery of gray and billowing dust clouds.. But the flag is there in the distance, with blood flowing down Trump’s face..
In both covers, the right arm is extended high into the sky. Both in acts of defiance..
And both moments in time feel the same. While the path we embark on now as a nation is very different than it would have been, something feels like it is dramatically different and altered.
Living through history.
In 2001 the nation was just on edge as we are now–maybe even more so then. But we survived. The path worked out.
DESPICABLE ME continues to dominate the box office, but the summer season is getting a taste of autumnal horror with LONGLEGS. Nic Cage did phenomenal.. the movie was undoubtedly an experience for those who see it, and theaters may be the best place to view when considering the aura of the screen and the feel and sound of the movie..
LONGLEGS wins in its own way with a $22 mil domestic opening.
NEON films is celebrating in a press release: “Not since The Blair Witch Project launched 25 years ago on the same weekend in July has there been an independent genre film that out-projected, out-performed and over-indexed so wildly that it seemed to the industry it ‘came out of nowhere.’”
“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty,” her publicist, Leslie Sloane, said in a statement to PEOPLE on Sunday.
“On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease,” Sloane continued. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The family asks for their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace.”
Authorities have identified the gunman involved in the attack against former US President Donald Trump on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting.
The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally.
Crooks fired on Trump while perched on a nearby building rooftop outside the rally’s security perimeter, before being killed by the Secret Service, according to law enforcement officials.
Online sleuths are working in overdrive to find any public information, including footage that could be Crooks at graduation in Bethel Park from a few years ago.
The world was rocked tonight as Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler Pennsylvania during a campaign rally. Early reports indicate that 12,000 people were in attendance. A shooter opened fire on the former President during his speech, with at least the bullet or a fragment from Trump’s teleprompter hitting his face. Others in the crowd were injured and killed.
The FBI has called the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night an attempted assassination.
“This evening, we had what we’re calling an assassination attempt against our former President Donald Trump. It’s still an active crime scene,” said Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, speaking at a news conference in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He said authorities are “working feverishly to attempt to identify the individual who did this and any motives behind why this was done,” and asked the public to reach out with any information that might help.
A summary of events as being reported at press time…
The moment when the incident occured:
From posts on Twitter, imagery of the scene behind the President with blood-soaked bleachers…
Interviews with eyewitnesses
Interview with a man who said that they saw the attempted assassin watching a man on the roof.. they reported it to the police and the witness claimed the police did make attempts to stop him.
BUT IS IT!? NOT EVERYTHING YOU READ ONLINE IS TRUE..
This is not a video of the shooter at Trump's Pennsylvania rally. This is the exact same X user who pretended to be the shooter in an odd trolling attempt.
Just in: NEW FROM PA STATE POLICE SOURCES: President Trump was not struck by a bullet, but hit by glass fragments believed to have come from the shattered teleprompter from the gunfire. They were real bullets.
They hit at least 2 people behind or near the stage and possibly more…
Secret Service says President is safe..
A gunman and one audience member are dead after a shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, according to the local district attorney. Another spectator is in serious condition.
Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage after loud bangs were heard and he fell to the ground at the start of a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday night. The Secret Service says Trump is safe and under protective measures.
It was not immediately clear what occurred, but Trump was swarmed by agents on stage after the bangs were heard. Blood could be seen on Trump’s face, and he raised a fist to the crowd as he was rushed away.
The assassination attempt came after a busy day of campaigning for both Trump and President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race.
County District Attorney Richard Goldfinger said one person is believed to be dead and "possibly a second" is dead from the incident at this rally. He said the person believed to be dead was "someone in the crowd." https://t.co/1jRoqgJUw9
