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Asheboro, North Carolina – Surrounded by bulletproof glass and enhanced security measures, former President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday at an outdoor rally for the first time since the assassination attempt over five weeks ago in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Speaking to an audience of a few thousand, according to the campaign, Trump took the stage with bulletproof glass in front and behind him, and mobile storage units and large trucks were brought in to block any views of the rally from potential vantage points outside of the immediate security perimeter. There was a heavy law enforcement presence, enveloping the venue with multiple snipers placed on rooftops near where the former president spoke on Wednesday.

Per two federal law enforcement officials, the rally had a series of Secret Service assets – counter-sniper teams, drone deployment, counter UAS or counter drone technology, plus advance countersurveillance teams. Advance teams walked the rally site a week ago, a type of robust walkthrough that did not happen before July 13. 

The practice of using bulletproof glass for outdoor events is typically reserved for sitting presidents, but the Secret Service made an exception following the assassination attempt on Trump’s life, according to law enforcement officials. 

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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from a bulletproof glass housing during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024.

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Trump will continue to be surrounded by glass at his outdoor rallies for the remainder of the election cycle. Advisors close to the former president say he likes hosting his campaign rallies outside because they can often accommodate more people. 

The former president did not mention the Butler shooting in his remarks, which were mostly focused on national security, Vice President Kamala Harris and the ongoing Democratic National Convention

The fallout of assassination attempt, however, was still felt Wednesday, with supporters chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” throughout both Trump’s speech and Sen. JD Vance’s remarks, and many attendees wore pro-Trump gear featuring images from the assassination attempt, including the now-iconic fist pump photo. 

Gary and Kari Harvat, both first time rally attendees, said they noticed the large security presence that made them feel “pretty good” but they emphasized the need for civility.

“I wish things could be, on both sides, more civil,” Kari Harvat said. “I hope we can find it.”

“I think it’s safer now, just because of what happened previously,” Gary Harvat added. Both of them pointed to the law enforcement presence on the different buildings on the rally site.

“You can tell there’s not going to be another mistake like there was before,” he added.

Trump told Elon Musk in an interview on Aug. 12 on the social media platform X that he plans to return to the site of the assassination attempt in October, weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election. 

“We’re all set up,” Trump added. “The people in Butler are fantastic.”

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A 15-year-old boy was charged Thursday with murder in the shooting deaths of his parents and three of his siblings at a home in Fall City, Washington, according to court documents obtained by CBS News.

The teen, whose name is being withheld because he is a juvenile, was charged with five counts of aggravated murder in the slayings of his parents, Mark and Sarah Humiston, two brothers, ages 9 and 13, and his 7-year-old sister, per King County court records.  

He was also charged with one count of attempted murder for shooting and wounding his 11-year-old sister, the documents read.

That girl was in “satisfactory condition” at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, hospital spokesperson Susan Gregg told the Associated Press Tuesday.

Autopsies performed by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that all five victims died of gunshot wounds. The handgun used in the shooting was believed to belong to the victim’s father, the court records state.

According to the charging documents, just before 5 a.m. Monday, the suspect called 911 with a false story in which he claimed that his 13-year-old brother “just shot my whole family and committed suicide too” at the family’s home in Fall City, which is a community located near Seattle.

However, at about the same time as that call, 911 dispatchers received a second call from a neighbor who lives about a quarter-mile away. That neighbor said the suspect’s 11-year-old sister had ran to his house and was bleeding from what appeared to be a gunshot wound, the documents said.

The girl said her entire family had been fatally shot and identified her 15-year-old brother as the shooter. The girl told dispatchers she was also shot by her brother and “then described holding her breath and playing dead,” the documents read. The girl later told detectives that she had escaped through a bedroom window.

Deputies responded to the Humiston home, where they found the suspect in the driveway and took him into custody, court records show. The five victims were found dead inside the home.

In a hospital interview with detectives later that day, the suspect’s surviving sister said that she identified the firearm used in the shooting as “her father’s silver Glock handgun,” court documents state.

She said that her father kept the pistol in a small lockbox that “he would sometimes put by the front door so he could bring it to work,” the documents read. She told detectives that the suspect was “the only one who knew the combination to the Glock lockbox.”

Investigators determined that the suspect “systematically murdered” his parents and siblings and “then staged the scene prior to the arrival of first responders to make it appear” that the murders had been committed by his 11-year-old brother, documents read. 

The court documents did not speculate on a motive.  

The suspect is scheduled to be arraigned Friday afternoon. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said in a news release Thursday that the suspect is in custody at the Clark Child and Family Justice Center, which is a juvenile facility.

The teen is currently being charged as a juvenile, and prosecutors said a judge will determine whether his case “will be moved to adult court.”

In a statement Tuesday, public defenders representing the suspect said that “our client is a 15-year-old boy who enjoys mountain biking and fishing and has no criminal history.” 



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