The first batch of 911 calls from the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was released on Wednesday.
NBC News obtained 15 recordings from the Trump assassination attempt 911 calls following a lawsuit for public records. The 15 recordings are from 911 phone calls made between 6:12 p.m. and 6:47 p.m. on July 13.
The first 911 call, which was made at 6:12 p.m., features a woman telling a 911 operator, “Gunshots at the Trump rally. Gunshots-” before being interrupted by the operator, who assured the woman, “Yep, the police are on their way there.” The woman can then be heard telling the operator, “Better get here quick.”
NBC News reported that after the first emergency call, the 911 center received multiple calls over the next 35 minutes. The recordings of the calls reveal the panic of the rally attendees who witnessed Thomas Matthew Crooks attempt to assassinate the former president.
Shortly after the first 911 call, another woman called, saying, “We’re at the Trump assembly and there’s a guy shooting. He’s been shooting up the place.” Asked if anyone was hurt at the rally, the woman said, “No, no one’s injured. But I’m scared.”
Another individual called and told a 911 operator, “The Butler fair, it’s getting shot up.”
In another recording of a 911 phone call, a woman said that her husband had been shot at the Trump rally. “Paramedics serviced him,” she told the 911 operator. “I called Butler Hospital. He’s not there. They told me to call 911.”
NBC News reported that some of the 911 phone calls were made from places outside of Butler, Pennsylvania, and included adult children who expressed concern for their parents at the rally. A North Carolina man told a 911 operator that his mother, who was at the rally, had contacted him. He said, “She called me saying there’s an active shooter on the ground there.”
Another emergency call, which was transferred to the Butler 911 center from another jurisdiction, featured a woman who said her mother had called her from the rally. She told the operator, “A bunch of people are on the ground and she’s like screaming–” before the operator answered, “Yep, the police are there, they’re taking care of the situation.”
After the woman asked what she was “supposed to do,” the 911 operator said, “The police are taking care of the situation there. If she’s able to evacuate the area there, the police are going to start getting people out of there.”
