Donald Trump Golf Club Shooting Live Updates: President Biden says the Secret Service 'needs more help' after Trump targeted in apparent assassination attempt

Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday in Florida, according to the FBI, though the Republican presidential candidate's campaign and law enforcement confirmed he was safe and unharmed. The US Secret Service reported that agents "opened fire on a gunman" near the boundary of Trump’s golf course, recovering an "AK-47 style rifle" with a scope and a GoPro camera at the scene.The suspect fled the shrubbery where he had been hiding and escaped in a black car. A witness helped police identify the vehicle, and authorities later tracked it down. "We have somebody in custody right now that is a potential suspect," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at a news conference.Trump had been golfing at his West Palm Beach course, near his Mar-a-Lago residence, when the shooter was spotted hiding in bushes one hole ahead of him, according to Bradshaw. "President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity," campaign spokesman Steven Cheung confirmed in a statement, while Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris expressed relief that her political rival was unharmed.In a fundraising message, Trump reassured supporters, saying, "Fear not! I am safe and well, and no one was hurt. Thank God!"This marks the second assassination attempt on Trump in recent months, following an incident on July 13 when the former president was wounded in the ear while speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.Follow for live updates: