Original link: Trump survives assassination attempt after major security lapse / Reuters.
The would be assasin shot from 150 yards with a semi-automatic assualt rifle and hit Trump in the ear and killed a person in the audience at a rally in Pennsylvania. Secret service shot the would be assasin.
The would be assasin is a 20 year young man from the local area of the rally. His motives are now known. He was registered to vote as a republican, but had donated 15 dollars to a democratic PAC.
The rifle was bougth by his father. He supposedly had bomb-making materials in his car and at home.
Secret Service is getting heavy criticized for the security.