@guardian: Donald Trump said he was safe after what the FBI said appeared to be an apparent assassination attempt at the former US president’s West Palm Beach golf club. Officials said US Secret Service agents opened fire when they spotted a person with a firearm at the Trump International Golf Club, near the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort home. The suspected gunman was later said to be detained after he fled in a car. A source with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to the Guardian that the suspect was 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh – though law enforcement have not officially named him and there was no immediate indication of a motive. His son, Oran Routh, repeatedly said he had not been able to immediately speak to his father or get information about the accusations against him, so he did not want to talk on his behalf. But he also described his father as passionate about the Ukraine cause and that he had travelled to Ukraine and volunteered to provide what the son described as “humanitarian” aid to troops defending the country from Russian forces that invaded in 2022. Watch for what we know so far, and head to the link in bio to read analysis from the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief David Smith about how violence and instability have become a feature, not a bug, of US political life.

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Monday 16 September 2024 12:37:29 GMT