Vucci said he then ran to the rally stage and snapped several photos of agents piling on top of Trump and the Secret Service’s counter-assault team arriving.
“In my mind, it all happened really fast,” Vucci said. “At the moment I heard the shots being fired I knew that this was a moment of American history that had to be documented.”
Vucci’s photo of Trump has become a social-media rallying cry among Republicans and MAGA figures, who say it is a symbol of the former president’s strength and defiance.
Trump was speaking at a rally on Saturday when he was interrupted by gunshots. His right ear was bleeding.
In a statement released after he was escorted away, the former president said a bullet had struck his ear and was “fine.”
The FBI has classified the incident as an assassination attempt and identified the shooting suspect as a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
Authorities said the suspect was shot dead. A spectator in the crowd was killed during the assassination attempt, and two others were critically injured.