Shootings near Trump in Florida. Former president: 'I'm fine, nothing will slow me down'

According to CNN, citing 'informed sources', authorities believe that it was indeed the former president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump , who was the target of the armed individual at the Trump International Golf Club. According to CNN, this was in fact the residence in whose vicinity the shots were allegedly fired.

Even CNN reports that one person was arrested after the shooting. According to several sources, the secret service shot the suspect. A long gun was also recovered in connection with the case. "Authorities believe an armed individual intended to target former President Donald Trump at his golf club, according to sources briefed on the matter," reads CNN.

According to another reconstruction, the shots fired in the afternoon 'in the vicinity' of former US president Donald Trump occurred outside the golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former US president was staying, but he was not the target. So reported the New York Post. According to this reconstruction, two people exchanged gunfire with each other as the tycoon was leaving the facility but, according to the New York Post, the shots were not directed at him.

Secret Service agents opened fire on an armed person near Donald Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach while the former president was playing golf. This was reported by the Associated Press citing sources who said the suspect fled in an SUV and was later apprehended. In fact, a suspect who authorities believe is connected to Sunday's incident at Trump International Golf Course has been taken into custody, according to a Facebook post from the Martin County Sheriff's Office in Florida. The sheriff's office has "stopped a vehicle and taken a suspect into custody," the post reads. A section of Interstate 95 near State Route 714 in Martin County is closed, the office said. "We will update this information as it becomes available," the post continued. Martin County is north of Palm Beach County, where Sunday's incident at Trump International occurred.

The tycoon had already made headlines on Sunday by attacking pop star Taylor Swift and declaring his 'hatred' for her after his stated endorsement of her Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. In an all-caps post on his Truth Social media account, Trump wrote: "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!", a rapping against Swift's mobilisation in favour of Harris.

Immediately after the debate between the two candidates last week, Swift informed her 284 million followers on Instagram that she intended to vote for Harris, currently Vice President of the United States, "because she stands up for rights and causes that I believe need a warrior to defend them". Trump, who has 7.71 million followers on Truth Social, had initially dismissed Swift's endorsement of Harris by saying he was "not a Taylor fan".