Trump is SHOT in the side of the head and left with blood strewn across his face in horrifying assassination attempt

Donald Trump was left bleeding from his ear after being shot on stage at a rally in a horrific attack by a would-be assassin.

A barrage of rifle rounds rained down shortly after the former president got up to speak on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Trump grabbed the side of his head and ducked as bullets whizzed by and screams from terrified onlookers rang out.

At least one Trump supporter was killed and two others were critically injured by stray bullets in the assassination attempt.

Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said he was told by detectives that the gunman, named as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was on the roof of a building adjacent to the event, and the shooting ‘would have required a rifle’ as it ‘was several hundred yards’ away.

The identity of the dead bystander have not yet been confirmed. An AR-style rifle was recovered at the scene.

In an image that has already gone around the world, Trump was pictured repeatedly pumping his fist with blood dripping from his face while being swarmed by Secret Service agents.

Moments later, he was rushed away to safety. Trump’s team said further updates on the former president’s condition will follow soon.