FBI has announced that it is looking into what seems to be an attempted assassination of former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. This statement was made on Sunday, occurring just two months after a previous attempt on his life during a rally in Pennsylvania.
On Sunday, Trump was unharmed following gunfire at Trump International Golf Club in South Florida. A Secret Service agent, positioned ahead of the former president, noticed a rifle barrel protruding from a fence and took action against the suspect. At the time, Trump was transitioning between the fifth and sixth holes of the golf course with donor Steve Witkoff when the shots were fired, prompting an immediate lockdown of the course.
Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder later informed the press that his department had “flooded” Interstate 95 and closed a significant portion of the highway, ultimately apprehending the suspect’s vehicle and detaining the individual without incident. The suspect was found unarmed when law enforcement officials removed him from the vehicle and has yet to provide any statements.
Following the event, Trump communicated via a fundraising email that he is “safe and well,” asserting that “my resolve is only stronger after another attempt on my life! … I will never slow down. I will never give up. I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!”
J.D. Vance, said that he spoke with Trump after the security incident. “I’m glad President Trump is safe. I spoke to him before the news was public and he was, amazingly, in good spirits,” Vance wrote on X.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were both “relieved to know” that Trump was safe and had been briefed on the security incident.
In her statement posted on X Sunday, Harris said, “I have been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near former President Trump and his property in Florida, and I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America.”
The incident raises new questions about how to keep Trump safe — not only while he is campaigning across the country, but while he spends time at his own clubs and properties, said the AP news agency.