WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Monday said that the US Secret Service needed more help to perform its duties after a second alleged assassination attempt against Republican election candidate Donald Trump.
“The Secret Service needs more help,” Biden told reporters at the White House, after Sunday’s incident in which the Secret Service opened fire on a gunman, who was later apprehended, at Trump’s golf course in Florida.
Earlier, Biden said there was no place for political violence in the country, pledging to make sure the Secret Service has every resource for the safety of the former President.
The US Secret Service also confirmed one or more of its agents “opened fire on an attacker” located near the boundary of Trump’s golf course, and that an “AK-47 style rifle” with a scope was also recovered along with a GoPro video camera.
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Amid the battle with the Secret Service, the suspect bolted out of the shrubbery he had been hiding in and escaped in a black vehicle. A witness helped police personnel identify the car and authorities tracked it down.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw the media that they have somebody in custody right now that is a suspect.
