The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a possible “attempted assassination” of former President Donald Trump, which happened while he was at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, just before 2 p.m. on Sunday.
“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity,” Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign’s communications director, said in a statement. The FBI referred to the incident as an apparent “attempted assassination of former President Trump” in a separate statement.
As Trump played golf at the Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, the United States Secret Service “opened fire” on an individual when they saw a rifle poking out of the fence at the course, a representative for the Secret Service told reporters.