The FBI issued a statement : “The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.” Another official commented that Trump was “probably 300-500 yards” from the alleged shooter. The former president has issued a statement confirming he is “safe and well” and declaring “nothing will slow me down”… AP reports that the alleged shooter fled in an SUV and was later apprehended in a nearby county by local law enforcement, the officials said. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity about an ongoing investigation. An AK-style firearm was recovered at the scene near Trump’s golf course, one of the officials and a third law enforcement official said. The golf course was partially shut down for Trump as he played, and agents were a few holes ahead of him when they noticed the person with the firearm, the officials said. The person appeared to push the muzzle of the rifle through the fence line and that’s when agents fired, the officials said. CNN reported that police have recovered a backpack and a GoPro camera. They think the attempted […]