Donald Trump was rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents on Saturday night while making a speech at a rally in Nevada, sparking panic in the crowd.
The Republican nominee shielded his eyes and looked into the crowd and was then suddenly removed from view by two agents as a disturbance unfolded near the stage.
Several witnesses said they heard shouts of “he’s got a gun”. The incident prompted the crowd to react in panic, with several hundred people surging towards the back of the hall in Reno.
However, none of those witnesses saw a weapon. One man said he believed a tightly folded poster had been misidentified as a firearm.
Several witnesses close to where the man in question was detained described him being wrestled to the ground by several Trump supporters, who lay on top of him.
“I saw a man to my right and then it looked like a fight broke out,” said Michael Newton, 45, who helped detain the man. “There were four or five guys on top of him. Then the people on top of him shouted ‘he’s got a gun, he’s got a gun’. That’s when I also jumped on top of him to help; we were all shouting to alert the Secret Service.”
The man, who was bald, and looked in his 30s or 40s, was attempting to wriggle free.
Amid the chaos, there were conflicting descriptions from witnesses, although most described seeing a man rushing toward the front of the stage before he was tackled to the ground.
Breaking. Trump escorted tom stage. Seconds ago. Man arrested. Armed police flooding crowd. People here very panicked.
No-one I spoke to saw a weapon. They just heard shouts. Even one of the men who jumped on top of the man said he didn't see any weapon.
Here is video of the detained man being taken away. It happened minutes after Trump was rushed from stage. Video provided to me by witness.
Thank you Reno, Nevada.
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