Biden campaign will pull down TV ads following shooting incident at Trump rally

• The Biden campaign said it's pausing "outbound communications" after a shooting at a Trump rally.
• Biden also condemned the incident, calling it "sick."
• Trump was escorted offstage Saturday after shots rang out.

President Joe Biden will be pausing campaign communications following a shooting incident at a Donald Trump campaign rally on Saturday.

"The Biden campaign is pausing all outbound communications and working to pull down our television ads as quickly as possible," a Biden campaign official told Business Insider in a statement.

The official did not clarify the exact reason behind the campaign's decision to pull down the ads.

The White House also released a statement condemning political violence.

"I'm grateful to hear that he's safe and doing well…There's no place for this kind of violence in America," Biden said in the White House statement. "We must unite as one nation to condemn it."

Biden later addressed the nation, calling the incident "sick."

Following the shooting, the Secret Service announced that Trump was "safe."

Potential Trump vice presidential pick, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, criticized the Biden campaign on X, claiming that its messaging resulted in the "attempted assassination" of Trump.

Per a Secret Service statement, one spectator was killed at the rally, and two remain critically injured. The shooter was "neutralized" by the Secret Service personnel, the statement said.