| By AP News Photos: YouTube Screenshots Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says “appears to be an attempted assassination” while playing golf two months after another attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania. Local authorities said the U.S. Secret Service agents protecting Trump fired at a man pointing an AK-style rifle with a scope as Trump was playing on one of his Florida golf courses in West Palm Beach. Read more. |
| Things to know: Who is the suspect? Law enforcement officials said the man who pointed the rifle and was arrested is Ryan Wesley Routh (shown below). The officials identified the suspect to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation. What has Trump said since the attempt? In an email to supporters, Trump said: “There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL!” What is Vice President Kamala Harris saying? Harris, Trump’s Democratic opponent in the presidential election, posted on X that she had been briefed on the reports of gunshots fired. “I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America.” |
