Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, centre, speaks alongside the FBI’s Jeffrey Veltri, left, and US Secret Service Miami field office agent Rafael Barros, following gunshots near former US president Donald Trump’s golf course.
Photo: AFP / Chandan Khanna
- Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI says appears to be an assassination attempt
- Shots were fired outside Trump’s golf course in Palm Beach, Florida
- AP reports US Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near the course
- Trump was injured in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania on 13 July.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI says appears to be an assassination attempt outside Trump’s golf course in Palm Beach, Florida.
“The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump,” the agency said in a statement.
There were shots fired outside the course, law enforcement sources said. Trump’s campaign had earlier said he was safe following gunshots in his vicinity but gave no details.
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– Reuters