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Multiple gunshots have been fired at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach where the former president is playing golf today, according to reports.
Law enforcement sources told CNN that a person has been detained in connection with the incident after Secret Service agents fired at the suspect, who they believe intended to target the former president. A long gun has been recovered, they added.
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement that Trump is safe. “President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” he said in a statement.
A Secret Service spokesperson said on X: “The Secret Service, in conjunction 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. The former president is safe. @pbso will have more details soon.”
The incident comes two months after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, back on July 13.
Gunman Thomas Crooks opened fire on the former president with an AR-style rifle from a rooftop of a nearby building. A bullet struck Trump in the ear while one rallygoer was killed before Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service snipers.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been briefed on the incident at Trump’s golf course and both are “relieved to know” that Trump is safe
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“The President and Vice President have been briefed about the security incident at the Trump International Golf Course, where former President Trump was golfing. They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be kept regularly updated by their team,” according to a statement from the White House.
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“The President and Vice President have been briefed about the security incident at the Trump International Golf Course, where former President Trump was golfing,” according to a White House spokesperson.
“They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be kept regularly updated by their team.”
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Secret Service opened fire after spotting suspicious individual with possible gun: sources
Agents with the Secret Service opened fire after spotting a suspicious individual with what may have been a gun, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.
Sources said the agents saw what appeared to be the barrel of a gun while Trump was on the Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach.
It’s not clear whether the man was on the course or near it.
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