# Butler Assassination Attempt On **July 13, 2024**, at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a 20-year-old gunman fired from the roof of an unsecured building about 130 metres from the stage, wounding [[Donald Trump]] in the ear, killing spectator Corey Comperatore and critically injuring two others before a [[United States Secret Service]] counter-sniper killed him. It was the most serious attack on a president or major candidate since 1981. Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on July 23, 2024; an independent panel found the failures systemic; a second attempt at Trump's West Palm Beach golf course followed on September 15, 2024. [[Sean Curran]], the detail leader who shielded Trump on stage, became director in January 2025. Stub — expand with the House task-force and Senate findings and the agency's reform record.