The FBI told Newsweek on Sunday that it is investigating the shooting near former President Donald Trump earlier in the afternoon as an "attempted assassination." "The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump."

A shooting near former US president Donald Trump on Sunday is being investigated as "what appears to be an attempted assassination," the FBI has said. Trump's campaign team said the Republican presidential candidate was safe after shots were fired "in his vicinity" in Florida.