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Butler County ESU member says he fired the ninth shot during J13 assassination attempt; Secret Service later stopped shooter
Summary
Members of a congressional roundtable described the on-scene response to the January J13 assassination attempt, including a Butler County Emergency Services Unit operator who said he fired a ninth round that struck the suspect before the Secret Service’s counter-sniper delivered the final shot.
Sergeant Aaron Zaliponi, a patrol sergeant with the Adams Township Police Department and a SWAT operator in the Butler County Emergency Services Unit, told a House Oversight and Reform roundtable that he fired the ninth shot during the J13 assassination attempt and that the Secret Service later neutralized the threat.
The exchange matters because it clarifies how local tactical teams and federal protective agents engaged the shooter during a complex, fast-moving attack and provides a first-person account of timing and shot placement.
Zaliponi described his actions in detail: “As the fourth round was shot from Crooks, that's when I…
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