FBI investigating Trump shooting as an assassination
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Former President Donald Trump is safe after the FBI investigated his assassination attempt in Florida.
The agency said in a statement on Sunday that it “responded to an incident in West Palm Beach, Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”
Earlier on Sunday, the US Secret Service declared Trump safe after what the candidate’s campaign described as “nearby gunfire”.
“The Secret Service, in coordination with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2 p.m.,” Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service’s director of communications, said in a post on X on Sunday.
“The former president is safe.”
Trump was wounded in an attempted assassination at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July.
The Republican presidential candidate’s campaign has refused to provide further details after issuing a statement saying Trump was “safe following nearby gunfire”.
They then released a second statement in which Trump said: “FEAR NOT! I am safe and healthy, and no one was hurt. Thank God!”
The sheriff’s office in Martin County, north of Palm Beach, said in a Facebook post that police stopped a vehicle and arrested a suspect believed to be “in connection” with the shooting. They did not provide further information.
Trump’s Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, posted on X: “I have been briefed on reports of gunfire near former President Trump and his Florida compound, and I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America.”
The White House said in a statement that US President Joe Biden and the vice president “have been informed of the security incident at Trump International Golf Club, where former President Trump was golfing. They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be regularly updated by their team.”
This is a developing story.
