Firefighter faces severe consequences after saying he wished Trump assassin's bullet had not missed former president

A firefighter has resigned aft facing a backlash for saying he wished nan wannabe assassinator's slug had not missed Donald Trump. 

In nan contiguous aftermath of Saturday's shooting, Tony Bendele, a unpaid firefighter successful Sunbury, Pennsylvania, wrote 'too bad it didn't deed him square' pinch a popcorn emoji. 

Bendele's station was intended for his Facebook friends, but it was shared connected X and quickly went viral - sparking fierce repercussions. 

The first motion of a societal media large wind brewing came erstwhile Bendele revealed personification had reported his post, alongside immoderate laughing look emojis.  

He later shared a screenshot showing Facebook had removed nan station because it violated nan 'harassment and bullying' guidelines. 

But nan station was still visible connected X, wherever it prompted an avalanche of online maltreatment directed astatine Bendele and his family. 

'To everyone. Please judge this arsenic my resignation from nan firehouse. I can't do this. This is truthful beyond thing that should ever beryllium happening,' Bendele wrote. 

'I person been threatened. My family has been threatened. My friends person been threatened. I person ne'er felt truthful unsafe successful my life.'

Later successful nan post, Bendele went connected to judge that he 'made a correction pinch that elemental statement' astir Trump.

'I'm sorry to everyone who is presently affected by this. I'm ashamed that I've brought this to you. 

'I've already mislaid respective group highly adjacent to me. I expect to suffer more.' 

The station besides reportedly led to a explosive threat astatine nan occurrence section position wherever Bendele worked, nan Americus Hose Company. 

Americus President Jerome Alex said nan section 'does not condone unit successful immoderate way', adding that 'Mr. Bendele is nary longer portion of nan occurrence company'. 

Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, from Bethel Park, PA, fired respective rounds from a rooftop during a Trump rally connected Saturday including 1 slug which struck nan erstwhile president successful nan ear. 

It came conscionable days earlier Trump was to judge nan Republican information for 2024. 

Crooks - a registered Republican who donated $15 to nan wide ActBlue governmental action committee connected Biden's Inauguration Day successful 2021 - killed erstwhile occurrence main Corey Comperatore, and injured 2 much group earlier cops gunned him down.

The Biden management rushed nan president backmost to nan White House from his location successful Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in nan contiguous aftermath, and he condemned nan shooting connected X.