July 13 Butler Rally First Time Secret Service Sent Counter-Sniper to Trump Event | 3 Aug 2024 | Former President Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania -- where he survived an assassination attempt -- was the first time the Secret Service sent a counter-sniper to a Trump event to protect the 45th president, the agency admitted. "It was the first time Secret Service counter-snipers were deployed to support the former president's detail," Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe revealed during a Friday press briefing. Notably, one of the counter-snipers fatally shot would-be presidential assassin after he opened fire on Trump, shooting the 45th president in the ear and killing former Pennsylvania fire chief Corey Comperatore, as well as wounding other rally-goers. Rowe, however, couldn’t explain why none of the counter-snipers were posted on the nearby building from which the 20-year-old tried to assassinate President Trump. [Right, they had to quickly take out their/FBI hireling as "dead men don't talk."]