On 13 July 2024, during a campaign rally for the former president Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a gunman fired several shots from the roof of a building outside the secured area. Trump was struck in the upper part of his right ear, and the photographs of him raising his fist with blood on his face became some of the best-known images of the campaign. A spectator, Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief, was killed, and two other attendees were seriously wounded. The shooter, a twenty-year-old man named Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper. The investigation found no clear motive. The failures in security led to the resignation of the director of the Secret Service and to inquiries in Congress.
Before and after
- 19 June 20242024 North Korea–Russia summit
- 25 June 20242024 storming of the Kenyan Parliament
- 30 June 20242024 French legislative election
- 4 July 20242024 United Kingdom general election
- 13 July 2024Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
- from 15 July 2024 to 18 July 20242024 Republican National Convention
- 20 July 2024July 2024 Houthi–Israel attacks
- from 21 July 2024 to 6 November 2024Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign
- 21 July 2024Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election
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