Trump Assassination Attempt: Palm Beach County Florida Sheriff’s Office Press Conference

A gunman was captured Sunday after apparently trying to shoot former President Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida.

Trump is OK, and no injuries were reported by authorities after Secret Service agents fired at the gunman they spotted in the bushes.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the incident took place about 1:30 while the former president was golfing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

They immediately sealed off the area, after Secret Service agents fired four to six rounds at the gunman.

The agents were a couple of holes ahead of where the former president was playing when they spotted a rifle barrel sticking out of the course shrubbery.

A Secret Service official at a Sunday afternoon press conference said he wasn’t sure if the suspect also fired at the agents.

Bradshaw said the suspect ran off after the agents shot at him but was soon found and captured thanks to information about his vehicle they got from a good Samaritan.

The suspect, whose name was withheld, was pulled over and detained while driving on Interstate 95 heading into another county following the incident.

“Fortunately, we were able to locate a witness that came to us and said, ‘Hey, I saw the guy running out of the bushes. He jumped into a black Nissan, and I took a picture of the vehicle and the tag,’” Bradshaw said. “Which was great.”

Bradshaw said they took the witness to the suspect and got an affirmative ID.

Bradshaw said they found an AK-style rifle with a scope in the bushes, along with two backpacks hanging on fence containing ceramic tile and a GoPro camera.

Bradshaw said the suspect apparently wanted to film “what was going on.”

“The Secret Service agent that was on the course did a fantastic job,” Bradshaw said.

The sheriff said Trump was about 300-500 yards from where the Secret Service agents engaged the suspect.

The FBI is assuming the lead in the investigation, special agent in charge Jeffrey Veltri said.

He asked anyone with information helpful to the investigation to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

Dave Aronberg, state attorney for Palm Beach County, said they’re working up warrants and a motion for a pretrial detention for the suspect.

Aronberg said state charges wouldn’t necessarily prevent federal charges in the investigation.

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