FBI says it's probing 'attempted assassination' on Donald Trump after suspected gunman Ryan Wesley Routh 'armed with assault rifle' was shot at by Secret Service on his golf course
Daily MailThe FBI is investigating a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump in just two months. Multiple shots were fired near Donald Trump's golf club in West Pam Beach, Florida on Sunday Donald Trump golfs at his club in West Palm Beach on May 4, 2023 The armed suspect was posted up outside the club around the 5th and 6th hole, which a source familiar with the incident told DailyMail.com is a 'vulnerable' area of the course. Law enforcement held a press conference Sunday afternoon where they revealed images of the suspect's belonging left at the scene including a backpack, GoPro camera and AK-47 rifle Palm Beach Sheriff's Department vehicles posted up outside Trump International Golf Club on Sunday after gunshots were reported in the vicinity of where the former president was golfing Traffic in West Palm Beach as police shut down roads outside Trump International Golf Club after gunshots were fired in the vicinity of the former president, who was golfing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are aware of the shooting and 'relieved' he is not harmed. When not campaigning, Trump is often found golfing at his West Palm Beach club Trump speaks with DailyMail.com during an interview at his Mar-a-Lago club – just five miles down the road from his golf club where shots were fired on Sunday United States Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a post on X: 'The Secret Service, in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, is investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2 p.m.' 'The former president is safe,' he assured, adding that the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office will follow up with more details about the incident. A bullet struck Donald Trump's right ear during an assassination attempt on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was shot dead by Secret Service agents after he was able to climb onto a roof with an AR-15 just 400 feet from where Trump was speaking and take multiple shots that killed one rally goer, critically injured two others and struck the former president Trump walked away from the assassination attempt with just a bloody ear that could have been a fatal shot had it been a few millimeters different and struck his head.