Gunshots have been fired at Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania, prompting panic as Secret Service agents leaped on the former US president.
Trump was then whisked off the stage. He could be seen raising a fist as he was escorted to a vehicle by the Secret Service.
Video showed blood on his ear and snipers on a roof near the stage where Trump was standing, the Reuters news agency reported.
Citing the local district attorney, the Washington Post reports that Donald Trump was grazed by gunfire in a shooting that killed one audience member.
The shooter is dead, and another person is in serious condition:
A Secret Service spokesperson said on X that “the former president is safe”, and an investigation was under way.
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Trump himself said he was “fine” in a statement and was being checked at a medical facility.
A spokesperson for the former president added that Trump thanked “law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act”.
The local district attorney, Richard Goldringer, told the Washington Post that one member of the audience at the rally “was killed”, and “the shooter is dead”.
“Another person is in serious condition,” Goldringer said to the Post.
Video from NBC News captured more than a dozen shots, with later ones apparently coming from agents protecting the former president.
A voice could be heard saying: “Get down, get down, get down!” Agents arrived to throw themselves on top of Trump as the gunfire continued and screams were heard from the crowd.
Audio from the network captured agent’s voices saying: “Shooter’s down. Shooter’s down. Are we good to move? We’re clear, we’re clear.”
As agents tried to move Trump off the stage at the rally, he said: “Let me get my shoes. Let me get my shoes.” Agents can be heard telling the former president: “I got you. Hold on. Your head is bloody. We’ve got to move.”
Trump replied: “Wait, wait.” He then pumped his fist, mouthed the words: “Fight, fight, fight.”
And the crowd at the rally responded with cries of: “USA! USA! USA!”
