On July 13, while the former US president, Donald Trump, was speaking during his campaign in Pennsylvania, several shots were heard. Trump was injured in his right ear, while 2 other people are in serious condition. One person was killed as a result of Trump's assassination. The Secret Service executed the young man instead, who intended to kill Trump.
The assassin was a 20-year-old boy who was known as a Republican who "hated" Trump.
Based on the case of Trump, let's bring the history of assassinations that have been done to former presidents in the USA.
Andrew Jackson – January 30, 1835
On January 30, 1835, Andrew Jackson would fall victim to an assassination attempt, but fate was on his side. A painter, named Richard Lawrence, tried to shoot the then president with two pistols, but missed both times. Later, someone tried the pistols and both worked fine.
Lawrence was captured after the president beat him with his cane. He was acquitted by the court due to mental illness and confined to a mental health institution for the rest of his life.
Abraham Lincoln – April 14, 1865
He became the victim of an assassination attempt on April 14, 1865, at the "Ford" theater in Washington, around 10:15 p.m. His assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was a famous actor and hatched a plan to kidnap the president. Later, after attending a speech by the president about suffrage for black people, Booth decided to kill him.
While Lincoln was enjoying a performance at the theater, the assassin entered from behind and shot the president with a .44 caliber Derringer pistol. The bullet penetrated the back of the head, leaving him severely wounded. Lincoln was immediately taken to the hospital and fell into a coma for 9 hours. The president passed away at 7:22 am on April 15.
James A. Garfield – July 2, 1881
James A. Garfield was assassinated about 4 months after taking office. The attack was carried out at the Baltimore train station in Washington. As the president arrived at the train station, author and lawyer Charles J. Guiteau shot him twice. One bullet shot him in the shoulder and the other in the back.
For the next 11 weeks, he endured pain and suffering, and died on September 19, 1881, at 10:35 p.m., as he suffered complications from wound infections caused by doctors touching wounds without sterile instruments.
William McKinley – September 6, 1901
His assassination took place at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was shot in the abdomen by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, who killed him with a .32 caliber revolver.
Plumbi i parë ra në rikoshet, ndërsa i dyti, e kapi në pjesën e barkut. Megjithëse fillimisht u duk se ai po e merrte veten nga plaga, gjendja u përkeqësua shpejt, për shkak të gangrenës në plagët e tij. Ai ndërroi jetë më 14 shtator 1901, në orën 2:15 të mëngjesit.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – 15 shkurt 1933
17 ditë para inaugurimit të parë presidencial të Roosevelt, Giuseppe Zangara, qëlloi 5 herë drejt presidentit, në Miami, Florida. Ndonëse plumbat nuk kapën presidentin, ata vranë kryebashkiakun e Çikagos, Anton Cermak dhe plagosën 4 persona të tjerë.
Zangara u shpall fajtor për vrasjen e kryebashkiakut dhe u ekzekutua në karrigen elektrike më 20 mars 1933.
John F. Kennedy – 22 nëntor 1963
Vrasja e presidentit John F. Kennedy, ndodhi rreth orës 12:30 të mëngjesit të së premtes së 22 nëntorit të vitit 1963, në Dallas, Teksas. Ai ndërroi jetë në një autokolonë presidenciale, teksa u qëllua për vdekje. Mendohet se vrasësi ishte ish-marinsi dhe dezertori Lee Harvey Osëald, i cili e qëlloi nga kati i gjashtë i një ndërtese.
Ai u qëllua në shpinë dhe në kokë. Autokolona e dërgoi menjëherë në spital, ku Kennedy u shpall i vdekur në orën 13:00. Lee u arrestua dhe u akuzua për vrasjen e presidnetit dhe të një polici.
Më 24 nëntor, ndërsa Lee po transferohej nga burgu i qytetit në një burg lokal, u bra nga Jack Ruby.
Theodore Roosevelt – 14 tetor 1912
Tre vjet e gjysmë pasi u largua nga detyra, Theodore Roosevelt kandidoi sërish në zgjedhjet presidenciale të vitit 1912, si anëtar i Partisë Progresive. Teksa ishte duke bërë fushatë, më 14 tetor, John Schrank, e qëllon në gjoks me një armë speciale të policisë. Plumbi që doli nga arma “Colt”, e kalibrit 38, u ngadalësua nga një libërth me 50 faqe që ndodhej në xhepin e xhaketës së Roosevelt. Një kontribut tjetër dha edhe këllëfi metalik i syzve.
Schrank u çarmatos menjëherë dhe pasi Roosevelt siguroi turmën se ishte në rregull dhe i tha policisë të kujdesej për atentatorin, vijoi me fjalimin e tij. Roosevelt ishte një gjahtar dhe anatomist me përvojë, ndaj arriti në përfundimin se duke qenë se nuk pështyu gjak, do të thoshte se plumbi nuk kishte shkuar deri në mushkëri.
Ai foli për 84 minuta para se të merrte ndihmën mjekësore.
Gerald Ford – 5 dhe 22 shtator 1975
Dy gra të ndryshme u përpoqën ta vrisnin presindentin e SHBA, Gerald Ford. Ato janë të vetmet gra që u përpoqën të vrasin një president, me 2 atentate të cilat patën një distancë kohore prej 17 ditësh.
Përpjekja e parë erdhi nga Lynette Formme, e cila më 5 shtator 1975, u mundua ta vriste me armë presidentin. Ajo u godit menjëherë në kokë nga agjentët e Shërbimit Sekret dhe arma nuk u shkrep kurrë.
Përpjekja e dytë ishte nga Sara Jane Moore, jashtë një hoteli në San Francisco, më 22 shtator 1975. Moore u përpoq ta vriste presidentin, por u ndërpre nga një kalimtar.
Ronald Reagan – 30 mars 1981
A gunman shot Ronald Reagan as he was leaving a party at the Hilton Hotel in Washington. The gunman, John Hinckley Jr., fired from the crowd toward Reagan's limousine. Hinckley was a 25-year-old man who suffered from acute psychosis. He thought that if he shot the president, he would catch the eye of actress Jodie Foster. In 1982, he was acquitted and underwent treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
Reagan was hospitalized for 2 weeks to recover from his injuries.
Donald Trump - July 13, 2024
Former President Donald Trump was giving his speech at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania when he was shot at the podium. Trump was speaking when the bullet hit his right ear, while the Secret Service and the FBI have identified the shooter, a 20-year-old man named Thomas Matthew Crooksm, who stood on the roof of a building very close to Trump's rally and was shot dead. killed by American Security Forces.
The shooting left one rally participant dead and another seriously injured, authorities say.
