What happened as Trump shot on ear at rally

Donald Trump was standing on a stage behind a podium, six minutes into his speech at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, his head turned to the right, under a clear sky and in broiling heat.

Suddenly there was a volley of “pops” – what sounded like gunshots. Trump immediately clutched his right ear, looked at the blood on his hand and then quickly dropped to the ground behind the podium.

The crowd screamed and many crouched.

A half dozen Secret Service agents ran onto the stage and piled on and around Trump, who was lying behind the podium….