Trump shooting witness says he thinks commotion created by crowd saved president’s life

A witness to the attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, told Fox News Host Laura Ingraham on Sunday that he thinks the commotion created from bystanders after seeing a man with a gun may have saved the president’s life.

Ingraham interviewed Michael DiFrischia on her show, “The Ingraham Angle” on Sunday evening, when he provided the host with a description of the events he saw leading up to the attempted assassination of Trump.

DiFrischia said he had been at a spot where he could see the teleprompter for about 10 minutes. When Trump started speaking, he focused on watching the president when his wife, who was standing next to him, nudged him to alert him to a younger kid running through the crowd. Someone else in the crowd saw the younger man and said the guy had a gun.

DiFrischia told Ingraham he thought the man was trying to get a better vantage point to the rally and did not think much of it, so he began watching Trump again.

But when others heard the man had a gun, “chaos ensued and everybody was screaming to alert the cops of the situation," DiFrischia explained.

“It was pretty crazy,” he said, telling the host several people were trying to tell the police what they saw and where the man with the gun was. “I wish somebody could have got to him before somebody had to lose their life.”

DiFrischia said the sad part was that somebody lost their life.

“Luckily, you know, President Trump only got hurt. He didn’t lose his life, as well,” DiFrischia said. “I kind of think us making a commotion may have actually saved the president’s life, though, because otherwise this guy could have just had all the time in the world to do whatever. Luckily, somebody spotted him and we were able to make a big enough commotion.”