According to the station’s interlocutors, officials believe the gunman intended to attack Trump near his golf club in Palm Beach.
Multiple sources told CNN that Secret Service members of the former president’s personal guard opened fire on the suspect.
He was later arrested by police. They reportedly found a long-barreled weapon on him.
In the afternoon, House of Representatives member Marjorie Taylor-Green announced that a new assassination attempt had been made against the former president.
At the politician’s headquarters, he was assured that Trump was safe and that the shooting occurred not far from him.
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the incident along with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
White House chief Joe Biden was briefed on the incident.
According to former President Donald Trump Jr.’s son, an AK-47 was found near the shooting site.
On July 13, Trump was assassinated during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
The politician was injured in the ear.
The shooter, 20-year-old American Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by the Secret Service.
