This is how narrowly Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally

Former US President Donald Trump was shot in the ear on Saturday during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two people died, including the attacker, and two others were seriously injured. Despite the incident, the condition of the Republican candidate in the fall elections is good.

The attempted assassination occurred a few minutes after the speech began in Butler, about 30 miles from Pittsburgh. Moments after the gunshots were heard, the former president took cover under a pulpit, holding his ear, and was then shielded by his Secret Service agents.

Simulations of the bullet's trajectory clearly show that if not for Trump's expression and last-moment movement before the shot, the bullet would have struck the former president's skull, potentially with fatal results.

Trump, with a bloodied face and ear, stood up on his own, shaking his fist toward the crowd, which responded by chanting "USA!". Shortly after Trump fell, a series of shots fired by authorities could be heard. Trump's spokesman, Steven Cheung, said the former president was unharmed.

In a statement issued by the US Secret Service, the assailant "fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position outside of the rally venue" and was killed. They added that one of the rally participants died, and two others were injured and are in critical condition.

The attacker was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

One of the event participants told BBC television that he saw the assailant positioning himself to shoot with a rifle from the roof of a nearby building, over 100 yards away. The man stated that people standing nearby pointed him out to the police a few minutes before he fired the shots.