WASHINGTON (WAM)

Former President Donald Trump was released from the hospital late Saturday after he said he was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of his right ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to media reports.

Donald Trump has returned to his home in New Jersey after he was injured in an attempted assassination at a rally on Saturday.

Trump, who emerged with a bloodied face, says he was shot in the ear, describing a "whizzing sound" and feeling a “bullet ripping through skin". A Trump spokesperson said the former president is "fine".

The Secret Service said Trump is "safe" and that it was actively investigating the incident and the male gunman was shot and killed.