“Trump said he was safe and well, and the suspect was taken into custody”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Trump said he was safe and well, and the suspect was taken into custody. There is no official information about his identity yet.
Secret Service agents, who protect Trump, spotted an armed man in bushes near the golf course, not far from where Trump was playing, law enforcement officials said. Agents fired warning shots and the suspect fled, but was later apprehended.
Authorities believe the man wanted to shoot Trump. The police also confirmed the message of the son of candidate Donald Trump Jr., who wrote on the X social network that a machine gun was found in the bushes.
According to the sheriff, the detainee did not make any statements. His name was not released by the authorities.
Earlier, Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters said that there was a shooting on Sunday not far from where he was staying, Trump is safe, he was not injured. The message did not say where exactly the incident took place or whether it was an assassination attempt on Trump.
Subsequently, a number of American media sources in law enforcement agencies confirmed that they are investigating the incident as a possible attempt to assassinate the former president.
The local sheriff’s office reported that no one was injured in the incident. It also confirmed that one person believed to be involved in the incident had been detained, but did not comment on whether he was planning to attack the former president.
The US Secret Service said it was investigating the incident. They confirmed that Trump is safe there.
The White House said President Joe Biden and Trump’s running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, had been notified of the incident and were glad the former president was unharmed.
The alleged assassination attempt on Trump comes just two months after he was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Trump was shot in the ear after Pennsylvania resident Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on him at a July 13 rally, according to investigators. The suspect, whose motives are still unclear, was shot dead. Before that, he managed to kill one of the rally’s attendees and injure several others.