A man has been arrested after the Secret Service opened fire at a Florida golf course where the ex-president was playing.
at his Florida golf club, the second time in two months there's been an apparent attempt on the former president's life.Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said during a Sunday news conference that his office was informed at 1.30pm local time of shots fired by the Secret Service, when agents fired at a man who had a rifle in the bushes along the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club.
David Aronberg, State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida, said the suspect said nothing as he was detained."He did not apparently speak to officers, he was calm. So, it looked like a person who has done this before, not necessarily this crime, but someone who has had repeated interactions with law enforcement."
Some of Routh's suspected online activity also involved the use of platforms headquartered outside the United Stated, the source said, which will involve working with international partners to identify everything the FBI possibly can about the detained individual. "Former President Donald Trump is safe and unharmed following a possible attempted assassination shortly before 2pm Sunday at Trump International Golf Club at West Palm Beach. US Secret Service personnel opened fire on a gunman located near the property line," Rafael Barros, the Secret Service special agent in charge of the Miami field office, said in a statement.
"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!" Trump wrote in a fundraising email that afternoon.have been briefed on the security incident involving Trump and they are both "relieved to know that he is safe," according to the White House.
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