Trump Assassination Attempt

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot Saturday in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, with the bullet piercing his upper right ear, a wound that he has survived.

The incident occurred at about 6:15 p.m. ET., when Trump had just begun to speak.

The popping sound of shots can be heard in audiotape that is followed by Trump grabbing at his ear and going to the stage floor.

Trump, a former president, was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents and put into the back of a van that took him to a nearby medical center where he was treated.

He said later in a social media post he had survived the incident, been released from medical care and is "fine."

One person was killed and two others were wounded in the shooting. The gunman fired from a rooftop outside of the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to the Secret Service.

The person killed is believed to be in addition to the unidentified shooter who also was killed by law enforcement.

Trump, as he left the stage and then as he entered the van, pumped his fist. He could be heard in the audiotape as he was being escorted off the stage: "let me get my shoes," then "fight."

The Secret Service said at about 6:50 p.m. that the president was safe, and that an investigation into the shooting was ongoing.