Photo Appears to Capture Path of Bullet Used in Assassination Attempt
Michael Harrigan, a retired F.B.I. special agent, said the image captured by Doug Mills, a New York Times photographer, seems to show a bullet streaking past former President Donald J. Trump.
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In documenting the Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday afternoon that turned into an attempt on a former president’s life, Doug Mills, a veteran New York Times photographer, appeared to capture the image of a bullet streaking past former President Donald J. Trump’s head.
That is the assessment of Michael Harrigan, a retired F.B.I. special agent who spent 22 years in the bureau.
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Trump Is Safe After Assassination Attempt; Suspected Gunman Is Dead
Our Coverage of the Trump Rally Shooting
The Investigation: F.B.I. officials said the 20-year-old gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump appears to have acted alone, but investigators remain unsure of his motives.
Secret Service Under Scrutiny: President Biden called for an “independent review” of security measures before and after the shooting, while directing the Secret Service to review all of its security measures for the Republican National Convention.
Tearing America Further Apart: The assassination attempt comes at a time when the United States is already polarized along ideological and cultural lines and is split, it often seems, into two realities.
Our Photographer’s Account: Doug Mills, a veteran photographer for The New York Times, was only feet away from Trump when the shooting started. He described what happened.
The Force of the Photos: In video footage of the shooting, everything was pandemonium. It was still images that made Trump an incarnation of defiance, our critic writes.
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