Chaos erupted at a recent campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday as gunfire shattered the event’s atmosphere, leaving attendees, including Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and former Tarrant County Constable Clint Burgess, stunned in disbelief.

Miller and Burgess, who were purportedly just feet away from Trump when the shots rang out, recounted to Fox 4 KDFW the harrowing experience of being caught “in the crossfire” during what was meant to be a safe political rally.

“It was like being at the craziest concert you’ve ever been to,” Burgess described, recalling the crowded scene near the stage where Trump spoke in Butler County.

“At first, we thought it was a prank,” Burgess told Fox 4, explaining that many in the crowd initially mistook the gunfire for something else. “Most of the people around us thought it was a cap gun, It wasn’t that loud. It wasn’t until we heard ‘we need a medic’ behind us that it sank in.”

It took around 20 minutes for the men to get out of the rally area, which was followed by an additional three hours spent exiting the parking lot.

Burgess noted the challenge of obtaining updates or communicating with others in the immediate aftermath of the shooting due to poor cell reception.

“The biggest thing that we kept questioning on the way out was: how did we not catch that? How did we not see this individual on the roof? How was that not secured?” Burgess told Fox 4.

Miller has been serving as the Texas agriculture commissioner since 2015.

As previously reported by The Dallas Express, the shooting claimed the life of one attendee and left two others injured.

Corey Comperatore, aged 50, was identified as the dead gunshot victim. Family members, including his daughter Allyson Comperatore, mourned their loss on social media. Allyson recounted how her father bravely protected her and her mother, throwing them to the ground and shielding them with his own body when the gunfire erupted.

“We lost a fellow Pennsylvanian last night… Corey Comperatore was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community, and most especially Corey loves his family. Corey was an avid supporter of the former president and was so excited to be there last night with him in the community,” said Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro at a press conference on Sunday, per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The last time a president was shot was on March 30, 1981, when Ronald Reagan, only two months into his presidency, survived a shooting committed by John Hinckley Jr. shortly after a speaking engagement at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The 70-year-old president endured serious injuries, including a punctured lung, broken rib, and internal bleeding. He underwent emergency surgery and spent nearly two weeks in the hospital before his release, according to the Ronald Regan Presidential Library and Museum.

A video was posted on X by BNO News at 8:19 p.m. on July 13, showing Trump leaving the hospital after receiving medical treatment for the gunshot wound to the right ear.