The campaign of the former president and Republican candidate, Donald Trumpreported this Sunday that shots were fired in a location close to where the former president is located, who is “safe.”
“President Trump is safe after the shootings that occurred nearby. There are no further details at this time,” Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign’s communications director, said in a brief statement distributed to reporters.
According to the newspaper New York Postthe event happened near your golf club in West Palm Beach, Floridawhere the former president played golf.
Police sources told the newspaper that they were two people who exchanged gunfire outside the golf course Trump International Golf Course and that “the shooters were targeting each other” and not the Republican candidate, a version that has not been officially confirmed.
According to NBC, Trump He was immediately taken to a safe place when the gunshots were heard.
The Secret Service sent a statement saying that “in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, we are investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2:00 p.m. (1800 GMT). “The former president is safe.”
Trump was victim of attempted murder on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after a 20-year-old man shot him with a rifle, wounding his right ear.
He The secret service shot the attacker, who fired from a high place outside the venue, and one member of the audience died from a gunshot wound.
