Trump Shooter Had Detonation Device on Him: Police Official

Pennsylvania official also confirms eight casings were recovered after the shooter was killed.

Law enforcement agents stand near the stage of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The man who shot former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on July 13 had a detonation device, the state’s top police official said on July 23.

“We were aware of that very early on and that was a serious tactical consideration in the immediate aftermath as we worked that crime scene,” Col. Christopher Paris, commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, told a U.S. House of Representatives hearing in Washington.