US ex-president Trump unharmed following probable assassination attempt—developing story News
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US ex-president Trump unharmed following probable assassination attempt—developing story

Former US President Donald Trump is safe after US Secret Service Agents shot at a man pointing an AK-47-style rifle through a fence while the ex-president was golfing at his West Palm Beach, Florida course, authorities confirmed during a press conference Sunday.

Palm Beach County Sherriff Ric Bradshaw said that his office received a shots fired call from the Secret Service at 1:30 PM local time. The sheriff added that a witness saw a man running out of bushes into a vehicle and provided pictures to police. Bradshaw reported that an AK-47-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks with ceramic tile, and a GoPro camera were discovered at the suspect’s position.

Deputies from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office later located and stopped the suspect’s vehicle, and the witness positively identified the driver as the suspect, who was taken into custody.

According to AP, the FBI characterized the episode as “what appears to be an attempted assassination” on Trump.

he former president was previously the subject of an assassination attempt at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally in July where a bullet grazed his ear. The gunman in that attempt, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by Secret Service snipers after he wounded Trump and killed rally attendee Corey Comperatore. Then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned a little over one week later after calling the July attempt the “most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades.”

The FBI has taken over the investigation into Sunday’s incident.

This is a developing story.

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