Trump rally shooting: local Swat officer fired first shot knocking gunman down

Congress report says shot hit would-be assassin's weapon, wounding him before he was killed by Secret Service sniper

The first shot back at the would-be assassin who was firing at Donald Trump last month was from local law enforcement and hit the gunman's weapon, briefly knocking him down, a preliminary report from the US Congress has revealed.

The gunman was wounded by fragments flying from the damaged weapon and then, as he got back up, he was killed by a federal sniper, the report found.