Texas Representative Ronny Jackson reveals nephew was injured in Trump rally shooting

Republican lawmaker Ronny Jackson has revealed that his nephew is among the injured in the assassination attempt of Donald Trump that left one victim dead and two people in critical condition.

The Texas congressman said that his family had been sitting close to the front of the crowd at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when gunshots rang out minutes after Trump took to the stage.

His nephew, who was not identified, was “grazed” in the neck by a bullet in the shooting.

“Thankfully his injury was not serious and he is doing well,” Rep. Jackson said in a statement.

“My family was sitting in the front, near where the President was speaking. They heard shots ringing out — my nephew then realized he had blood on his neck and something had grazed and cut his neck.”

Jackson said that his nephew was treated by medical staff at the rally’s medical tent.

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“Please join my family and me in praying for all who were injured and the life lost. The President and the survivors are lucky to be alive,” he added.

The congressman told Fox News that it was a “horrific, horrific experience” for his family.

One attendee was killed in the shooting and two others left critically injured in the attack on the former president at Saturday’s rally, authorities said.

The victims are yet to be publicly identified but Lt Col George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that all three were adult men.

Trump was speaking on stage when suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from his position perched on the building of a nearby rooftop outside of the rally’s security perimeter.

Screams filled the air as gunshots rang out and Trump ducked down