Mills said he never experienced anything like it in his more than 40 years covering U.S. politics. 

“He went down and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, he’s been shot,’ because everybody was yelling, ‘Down, down, down, active shooter, active shooter!’” he said. “I get chills now saying it because, you know, it’s still very raw.”

In addition to images, Botsford was also able to capture video of the moment by wearing Ran-Ban Meta smart glasses that take short videos, which he told The…