Trump safe, suspect in custody as FBI investigates apparent ‘attempted assassination’
Former President Donald Trump was unharmed on Sunday and a suspect was in custody, after shots were fired in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his Florida golf course.
U.S. Secret Service officers “opened fire on a gunman located near the property line” of Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, shortly before 2:00 p.m. ET, Special Agent Rafael Barros said at a press conference Sunday.
Trump was playing the course at the time and within 300 and 500 yards of the gunman, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at the same press conference.
The person in custody who the Secret Service shot at is Ryan Wesley Routh, three senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.