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[text/observer network chen sijia] according to cnn on september 15, a shooting occurred near the trump national golf club in west palm beach, florida, and the gunman has been arrested by the us police. at the time of the incident, former us president and republican presidential candidate trump was playing golf in the club and he was not injured in the incident.

the white house has been briefed on the shooting. harris, the vice president of the united states and the democratic presidential candidate who is trump's rival, posted: "i am glad to know that he is ok. violence has no place in the united states."

rick bradshaw, chief of the palm beach county police department in florida, said the incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. local time on the 15th when trump was walking around the stadium. u.s. secret service personnel immediately opened fire to stop a gunman sticking out his gun from the fence of the stadium, and the suspect immediately drove away from the scene.

bradshaw revealed that the gunman was hiding in the bushes about 400 meters away from trump, and the police found an ak-47 assault rifle with a scope at the scene. based on clues provided by witnesses, the police finally captured the suspect in martin county north of palm beach.

"because he (trump) is not a sitting president, security measures are limited to locations that the secret service thinks might need attention," bradshaw said. "i can imagine that the next time he comes to the golf course, there might be more security personnel around him. but the secret service has done what they should do, and they provided the protection they should have."

"the fbi has responded to an incident in west palm beach, florida, and is investigating a suspected assassination attempt against former president trump," the secret service said in a statement.

several law enforcement officials told the us media that the arrested suspect is ryan wesley routh, a 58-year-old white man with eight arrests for minor crimes. routh had been living in north carolina and moved to hawaii earlier this year.

trump was not injured in the incident, and the washington post said he stayed at the club for several hours until secret service officials and advisers ensured that the route to his residence, mar-a-lago, was safe. several people familiar with the matter told nbc that trump left the golf course by car a few hours after the incident and had arrived at mar-a-lago.

the trump campaign quickly issued a statement saying that trump was in a safe state. trump himself also said: "there were gunshots near me, but before the rumors start to get out of control, i want to tell you first: i am safe and everything is fine!"

trump's running mate, ohio senator vance, posted on social media late on the 15th: "i am glad that trump is safe. i talked to him before the news was announced, and surprisingly, he was in very good spirits."

cnn said that us president biden and vice president harris had been briefed on the shooting and were "relieved" that trump was safe. harris, trump's rival and democratic presidential candidate, said on social media: "i am glad to know he is okay. violence has no place in the united states."

sources said the shooting will not affect trump's upcoming campaign schedule. he will hold a campaign rally at the city hall in flint, michigan, usa on the 17th local time.

this is the second assassination attempt on trump in the past two months. on july 13, local time, trump was shot while holding a campaign rally in butler county, pennsylvania, and his ear was injured in the shooting. at that time, the attacker fired several shots at the rally venue, killing one spectator and injuring two people. the gunman was shot dead by a us secret service agent.

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