Assassination attempt on Donald Trump: The FBI claims that the assailant dropped the rifle and drove off in an SUV after being shot by a Secret Service agent. He was taken into custody.
American presidential candidate Donald Trump was the subject of what the FBI called a “attempted assassination” on Sunday, just nine weeks after he was shot at during an attempted assassination during an election rally.
About 400 yards away, while Donald Trump, the former US President, was playing golf in his Florida mansion, the US Secret Service noticed the muzzle of a gun sticking through the shrubbery that borders the course. After firing shots at the gunman, he ran away, taking his gear, which included a GoPro action camera, with him. Later on, he was taken into custody.
Ten things to know about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump:
- The FBI claims that the attacker dropped the rifle and drove off in an SUV after a Secret Service agent fired shots at him. Along with his gun, he took two backpacks, a GoPro camera, and an aiming scope with him. In a nearby county, he was taken into custody.
- William Snyder, the sheriff for Martin County, told the media that the man was caught, but he was cool and collected. “He never inquired as to the nature of this. There is obviously a lot going on, law enforcement with their long rifles and blue lights. Snyder claimed that he never questioned it.
- A bullet that struck Donald Trump on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, just scraped his ear. Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden withdrew from the contest eight days later.
- The attempted murder didn’t seem to deter Donald Trump. He claimed to be well and safe. Furthermore, he swore that “nothing will slow me down”. “I wanted to let you know right away that I am safe and well before rumors start to go out of control, even though there were gunshots nearby.” Nothing is going to stop me. “I refuse to give up,” he penned in an email to his followers. Later on, he made his way back to his exclusive Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago.
- Vice President Hamala Harris and Joe Biden were informed about the incident. The White House expressed their “relief” at Trump’s safety. The presidential candidate of Donald Trump, Harris, declared in a statement that “violence has no place in America.”
- On air, Fox News host Sean Hannity described his conversation with President Trump and his golf partner, Steve Witkoff. When they heard a “pop pop, pop pop,” they explained to the journalist that they had been on the fifth hole and were ready to putt. Secret Service agents “pounced on” and “covered” Trump in a matter of seconds to keep him safe.
- AP quoted some law enforcement officials saying the man in custody was identified as Ryan Roth. Investigating the attempted assassination is the FBI. According to the FBI, “they have responded to West Palm Beach, Florida, and are looking into what looks to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”
- Following the release of a “be on the lookout” alert by the FBI, Secret Service, and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect was taken into custody.
- According to Snyder, his deputies deployed to every exit between the Palm Beach County line to the south and the St. Lucie County line to the north, “immediately flooded” northbound I-95.
- Snyder stated, “We set up on the vehicle after one of my road patrol units saw it, matched the tag, and pinched in on it. We got the car safely stopped and the driver in custody.”
