Investigation into “alleged assassination attempt aimed at Donald Trumpannounced that it is conducting the FBI after shots fired near the 78-year-old tycoon’s golf club in Florida.
“Donald Trump is fine,” Trump’s communications director said. Steven Changwhile a man is in the hands of the authorities.
“Don’t worry, I’m safe and well. No one was hit,” was the message from the Republican presidential candidate, according to his advisers.
The chronicle
OR Secret Servicethe special police force that guarantees the protection of presidents, former presidents and front-line political figures, announced that it was investigating the shooting “shortly before 14:00” (local time; 21:00 Greek time).
Agents “opened fire on a gunman” who was on the grounds of Donald Trump’s golf course and found an AK-47 rifle with a scope, authorities said during a news conference.
THE suspect he fled in a black vehicle, but an eyewitness gave the details of the vehicle to the police, who located him.
“We have someone in custody who is the possible suspect,” said Rick Bradshawthe Palm Beach County Sheriff, during the press conference.
However, a Secret Service official, Mr Raphael Bartold reporters that so far the authorities “they are not sure (…) that this is the person who shot” against its agents.
It cannot yet be considered certain that the man arrested is the one who fired in the direction of the golf course where Mr Trump was playing. His motives are unknown at this stage.
The media about the suspect
American media, including CNN and Fox News, as well as the New York Times, named the suspect: according to their information, he is called Ryan Wesley Ruth, 58 years, from Hawaii. The FBI declined to confirm.
Based on his social media profiles – they were deleted within hours of the attempt – he is a staunch supporter of Ukraine’s war with Russia and had made efforts to recruit people to go there to fight.
The first reactions
THE Joe Biden he said he was “relieved” that his opponent was “safe” and praised the “work of the Secret Service” and other law enforcement agencies. In the press release released by his White House offices, President Biden insisted that “political violence, or any form of violence, has no place in our country.”
The vice president also said she was “delighted” that Mr. Trump was safe Good Graceemphasizing in turn through X that “violence has no place in America”.
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