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The July 13 shooting at Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally left one spectator dead, two others critically injured and Trump wounded. By July 14, the facts still under investigation were less about blame than about how a gunman was able to fire from outside the rally perimeter at a live campaign event.
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The July 13 shooting at Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally left one spectator dead, two others critically injured and Trump wounded. By July 14, the facts still under investigation were less about blame than about how a gunman was able to fire from outside the rally perimeter at a live campaign event.
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The July 13 shooting at Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally left one spectator dead, two others critically injured and Trump wounded. By July 14, the facts still under investigation were less about blame than about how a gunman was able to fire from outside the rally perimeter at a live campaign event.
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