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Former President Trump announces date for 1st Pennsylvania rally since Butler assassination attempt

Former President Trump announces date for 1st Pennsylvania rally since Butler assassination attempt FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 24, 2024. ((AP Photo/Matt Kelley))

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump will return to Pennsylvania for the first time since a gunman tried to assassinate him at a campaign rally in Butler.

NBC affiliate WGAL reports Trump will hold a rally in Harrisburg on July 31 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex.

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The rally is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. with doors opening at 2 p.m. Anyone wishing to attend must reserve tickets by clicking here.

Trump was last in the Keystone State for his July 13 rally when Thomas Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, opened fire on the former president from a rooftop.

>> Butler Trump rally attendees describe panic as shots rang out during attempted Trump assassination

Three attendees were shot and two of them survived. Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief, died shielding his family from the gunfire.

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