Donald Trump‘s marketing campaign stated the Republican presidential candidate was secure after gunshots had been first reported in his neighborhood Sunday afternoon in Florida, his marketing campaign and the Secret Service stated on Sunday.
The U.S. Secret Service stated it was investigating and that the incident occurred shortly earlier than 2 p.m. “The former president is safe,” based on the Secret Service.
Hours later, the FBI stated Trump was the goal of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf membership in West Palm Seashore, the Related Press reported. The try come simply 9 weeks after Trump was shot throughout an assassination try at a rally in Pennsylvania, when a bullet grazed his ear.
U.S. Secret Service brokers posted just a few holes up from the place Trump was enjoying observed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking by way of the shrubbery that strains the course, roughly 400 yards away.
An agent fired and the gunman dropped the rifle and fled in an SUV, leaving the firearm behind together with two backpacks, a scope used for aiming and a GoPro digital camera, Palm Seashore County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw stated. The person was later taken into custody in a neighboring county.
Trump had returned to Florida this weekend from a West Coast swing that included a Friday night time rally in Las Vegas and a Utah fundraiser.
No accidents had been reported, based on a spokesperson for the Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Workplace in Florida.
In an e-mail to supporters after the incident, Trump stated: “There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL!” He wrote: “Nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER!”
He returned to Mar-a-Lago membership, his non-public membership in Palm Seashore the place he lives, the AP reported.
The White Home stated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, had each been briefed and can be saved up to date on the investigation. The White Home added they had been “relieved” to know Trump is secure.
Harris, in an announcement, additionally stated “violence has no place in America.”
Trump’s operating mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, stated in a publish on-line: “I’m glad President Trump is safe. I spoke to him before the news was public and he was, amazingly, in good spirits.”
Trump typically spends the morning enjoying golf, earlier than having lunch at the Trump Worldwide Golf Club West Palm Seashore, one among three he owns within the state.
Trump has had a stepped-up safety footprint because the assassination try in July. When he has been at Trump Tower in New York, a lineup of dump vehicles have parked in a wall outdoors the constructing. And at outside rallies, he now speaks from behind an enclosure of bulletproof glass.
Sept. 15, 3:50 p.m. Up to date with FBI investigation.
