Law enforcement agents were investigating what they suspected may have been a genuine attempt on Donald Trump’s life at a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

A Secret Service spokesperson said on X that “the former president [was] safe” after more than a dozen gunshots erupted, prompting agents protecting Trump to leap on him amid the ensuing panic.

Trump himself said he was “fine” in a statement and was being checked at a medical facility.

The local district attorney, Richard Goldringer, told NBC News that both the suspected shooter and one spectator were dead following Saturday’s violence. A third person – a spectator as well – is critically injured, Goldfinger said.

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A spokesperson for the former president added that Trump thanked “law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act”.

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Video from NBC News captured more than a dozen shots, with later ones apparently coming from agents protecting the 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.