 There are other eyewitness accounts from the shooting as well. The Texas newsroom's Lauren McGaughy spoke with Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who was standing just behind the former president when the shots first rang out. Miller says he saw one attendee near him who appeared to be seriously wounded. I was there. I was on the front row standing up about 30 feet from President Trump when the shooting started. There was a lady behind me actually caught a stray bullet. Miller said he heard six to eight shots ring out in about five seconds.