A physician in the rally crowd who witnessed the attempted assassination of former President on Saturdaydescribed how he attempted to treat a rally goer who was shot by the gunman.
“I heard the shots. I thought it was firecrackers to begin with. Somebody over there was screaming, ‘He’s been shot, he’s been shot,’ so I made my way over,” the physician, who was covered in blood, told CBS News.
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“I said I’m an emergency department physician, let me help you. The guy had spun around and was jammed between the benches. He had a headshot here,” he said, pointing to behind his temple. “There was lots of blood and he had brain matter there.”
“So I got him — there’s helicopters coming in to get him — so I got people there, really helpful, I got him on a bench and I did CPR, did chest compressions as well as a breathe form.”
Footage from the aftermath shows first responders carrying away a body on a gurney from the stands.
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The only other casualty of the shooting appears to have been the gunman himself.
In addition to the two fatalities, one other person is believed to be in a critical condition.
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