Eyewitnesses describe scene at Trump rally shooting: ‘It’s pure insanity’

Butler, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Eyewitnesses who spoke to CNN on Saturday described an awful scene following a shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in which one person was killed and two others injured in what’s being investigated as a possible assassination attempt. A man who spoke before Trump at Saturday’s rally told CNN that he jumped over a barricade to comfort an individual who was bleeding after being shot. Rico Elmore spoke to CNN as he walked away from the rally stage. His white shirt was stained with blood from the victim, whom he said he did not know. Elmore described jumping over the barrier and putting his hand on the head of the attendee who was shot. “All we know is shots were fired, and then I jumped over the barrier and put my hand on the guy’s head that was profusely bleeding,” Elmore told CNN. He said he didn’t know the attendee and he was “just a stranger.” Elmore was visibly shaken up but said he was not harmed. He said he only saw one attendee hit and did not see what happened to Trump. The former president said on Truth Social on Saturday...