Gunshots that shattered the air during a campaign rally – part of an attempt to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump – are putting a new focus on an already fraught threat landscape that has put national security officials on edge for more than three years.
New York Mayor Eric Adams announced late Saturday he is surging police to certain areas “out of an abundance of caution,” following the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, that killed one person, and which saw Trump leave the stage with blood on his face.
“The events that unfolded at today’s rally in Pennsylvania are horrific,” Adams posted on the X social media platform. “Political violence has no place in this country.”
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