The Secret Service opened fire on a man armed with an AK-style weapon who was spotted hiding near Donald Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The suspect fled but was apprehended by authorities.
Secret Service agents tasked with protecting Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, said they fired shots toward an armed man Sunday afternoon. Trump was on the course when agents spotted a person hiding in the bushes and the muzzle of an AK-style weapon sticking through the greenery several hundred yards from where Trump was playing, local authorities said.An agent fired toward the man, who dropped his weapon and fled in an SUV, authorities said.
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