Baptist Press
By Scott Barkley, posted July 15, 2024 in World & Politics
BUTLER, Pa. (BP) – It happened for Bob Hurd and others at a wedding reception on the evening of Saturday, July 13. Phones began chiming with alerts and texts. Donald Trump had been shot.
Hurd, pastor of Whitestown Road Baptist Church, had conducted the wedding ceremony. His church is 1.5 miles from the Butler Farm Showgrounds, where Trump was minutes into a campaign speech when a bullet tore through the former president’s right ear. Less than 950 feet separates Hurd’s backyard and the roof where additional shots from the would-be assassin killed one and injured at least two more.
The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed moments after the shooting began by Secret Service snipers.
As pastors across the country on Sunday addressed the events from the previous day, Hurd had a closer recollection than most. More Here
