Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a press conference at Trump National Golf Club, in Rancho Palos Verdes, U.S., September 13, 2024.
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Former President Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after his campaign said it heard gunshots fired in his vicinity.
CNBC has not independently verified that gunshots were fired.
The sounds were heard on Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the the Republican presidential nominee was golfing, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News on Sunday.
The former president was immediately taken to a safe location as a precaution, the source said.
The Secret Service said in a statement posted on X that it was “investigating a protective incident” involving Trump.
The preliminary stages of the police investigation initially found no evidence that Trump was targeted by gunfire and there have been no injuries reported so far.
Local law enforcement officials were questioning one person shortly after the gunfire-like sounds were heard. Investigators were also trying to confirm whether a gun was found in the bushes near where Trump was golfing.
This event will not change Trump’s schedule planned for next week, a source familiar told NBC News.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were briefed on the situation and will receive regular updates, the White House said in a statement.
“I have been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near former President Trump and his property in Florida, and I am glad he is safe,” Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, wrote in an X post. “Violence has no place in America.”
Trump allies sent messages of support to the former president in response to the incident.
“Just spoke with President Trump. He is one of the strongest people I’ve ever known,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wrote in an X post. “He’s in good spirits and he is more resolved than ever to save our country.”
Trump was injured in an attempted assassination at a Pennsylvania rally in July.
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