Former First Lady Melania Trump on Sunday issued a statement on the assassination attempt targeting her husband, former President Donald Trump, and offered her sympathy to the other victims who were shot during the incident.
In a lengthy statement posted to social media, Ms. Trump wrote that "When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron's life, were on the brink of devastating change," adding she is "Grateful to the brave Secret Service agents and law enforcement officials who risked their own lives."
At a rally on Saturday evening in Pennsylvania, a shooter opened fire from about 400 feet away as former President Trump was speaking.
"A monster who recognized my husband as an inhuman political machine attempted to ring out Donald's passion-his laughter, ingenuity, love of music, and inspiration," Ms. Trump said in her statement.
Other Trump family members have released statements in the wake of the assassination attempt.
His oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., posted an image of his father with his arm raised after the shooting.
Saturday's attack was the first major assassination attempt targeting a current or former president since President Ronald Reagan was shot and injured in 1981 in Washington.
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