The incident happened at around 2pm local time when US Secret Service agents stationed on the golf course where Trump was playing noticed the muzzle of a rifle sticking through the shrubs that line the course.
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00:00The FBI says Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt on his Florida
00:07golf course.
00:08The incident happened at around 2 p.m. local time when Secret Service agents saw a rifle
00:13muzzle in the shrubbery that lines the green.
00:16An agent fired and the gunman dropped the rifle and fled in an SUV.
00:21At a press conference, a picture was shown of what law enforcement found at the scene,
00:25an AK-47, backpacks and a GoPro camera.
00:30The man was later stopped and arrested by police officers in neighboring Martin County.
00:36We certainly have the vehicle involved in the incident at Mar-a-Lago and we have the
00:40suspect that they were looking for.
00:42And now the FBI and the Secret Service will take over that investigation.
00:47Sunday's assassination attempt is the latest incident in an election campaign year marked
00:52by unprecedented violence.
00:54On the 13th of July, Trump was shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a bullet
00:59grazed his ear.
01:02In a statement on X, incumbent President Joe Biden wrote, I'm relieved that the former
01:07president is unharmed.
01:09Biden withdrew from November's presidential race in July, giving way to Vice President
01:14Kamala Harris to become the party's nominee.
01:17On X, she said she was glad Trump was safe, adding, violence has no place in America.
01:24The FBI said an investigation into the shooting is ongoing and urged people to stay away from
01:29the area.
01:30The Trump campaign hasn't said whether the former president's upcoming campaign events
01:35will be affected by Sunday's events.