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Republican National Convention security tightened after Trump assassination attempt

The Republican National Convention (RNC) is proceeding as scheduled following the attempted assassination of President Trump, and heavy security is visible around the venue, expecting tens of thousands of people.

“Multiple layers of security and multiple perimeters to get through to get in,” Fox News on X’s Bill Melugin wrote early Sunday morning from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, where the RNC begins Monday and runs through Thursday.

Current security measures include extensive street closures in all directions around the arena, including K-rail barriers and metal barricades. Additionally, police are visible “everywhere” and regular helicopter flyovers are conducted.

Journalists covering the event had to pass through three layers of security to enter the venue, each time showing their press credentials. Security included Secret Service and TSA checkpoints, with metal scanners and bag checks.

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The Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is preparing to welcome attendees of the Republican National Convention. (Fox News)

“My team and I are in contact with those coordinating security planning for the RNC and we will continue to communicate closely as we learn more about this situation,” Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “We cannot be a country that accepts political violence of any kind — that is not who we are as Americans.”

Attention quickly turned to security at the event, which came nearly a week after a shooting that injured Trump’s upper ear at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.

It is at the RNC that President Trump will accept his nomination to run for a second term in the White House. (Fox News)

Fiserv Form is a multi-purpose arena in Milwaukee that is home to the Milwaukee Bucks. It will host the RNC, starting Monday. (Fox News)

Gunfire erupted at Trump’s rally shortly after the former president began speaking at the Butler Farm Show One participant in the rally was killed and two spectators were seriously injured.

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President Trump still plans to attend the RNC, where he will be nominated as his party’s nominee for the November general election in his bid to become the 47th president of the United States.

Barriers, barricades and other security measures can be seen in downtown Milwaukee ahead of the RNC following the assassination attempt on President Trump. (Fox News)

Doors can be seen throughout downtown Milwaukee as the city prepares to welcome attendees to the Republican National Convention. (Fox News)

Downtown Milwaukee is under tight security ahead of the Republican National Convention which begins Monday. (Fox News)

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“I truly love our country, I love all of you, and I look forward to speaking to our great nation this week from Wisconsin,” Trump said on Truth Social Sunday morning.

Brooke Singman of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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