FORMER President Donald Trump is “safe following gunshots in his vicinity,” the Trump campaign said on Sunday.
It comes just weeks after an assassination attempt on the Republican presidential candidate in Pennsylvania on July 13.
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The Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach in Florida
The Republican survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania just weeks ago
Trump is led away with blood across his face
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement: “President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time.”
The statement did not give any additional details.
The business magnate was understood to be golfing at his Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach on Sunday as news of the shooting emerged.
The Secret Service is now investigating the shooting and confirmed that Trump is safe, The New York Post reports.
The American outlet also reported that two people appeared to have exchanged gunfire outside of Trump’s golf course.
The shooters were reportedly targeting each other and not the former US President, sources told The New York Post.
According to the insiders, Trump was never in danger, and the incident took place in a high-crime neighbourhood outside the club.
It comes just nine weeks after Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump at a rally on July 13.
Trump was left bloodied after a bullet pierced his ear at the open-air event in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was shot dead by Secret Service snipers shortly after opening fire.
While the former president survived the attack and is now safe, one supporter was killed and two others were critically injured.
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