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The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Secret Service’s tech issues helped shooter go undetected at Trump rally – report

Six agents in suits gather around man with blood streaked across his face to move him to a safe place
Secret Service agents flock around Trump after a bullet grazed his ear during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

The technology flaws of the US Secret Service helped the gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month evade detection.

An officer broadcast “long gun!” over the local law enforcement radio system, according to congressional testimony from the Secret Service this week, the New York Times reported.

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