Trump safe as FBI investigates apparent 'attempted assassination' at Florida golf club

• Donald Trump was safe on Sunday, his campaign said, after an incident that the FBI described as an apparent "attempted assassination" of the former president.
• Secret Service officers fired shots at a person who they believed was aiming a weapon outside Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the the Republican presidential nominee was golfing, law enforcement officials told NBC News.

Former President Donald Trump was safe on Sunday, his campaign said, after shots were fired near him at his Florida golf course.

"The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump," the Federal Bureau of Investigation told NBC News in a statement.

U.S. Secret Service officers fired shots at a person they believed was aiming a weapon outside the fence line of Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the Republican presidential nominee was golfing, four senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.

One person is now in custody, the officials said, and an AR-style rifle was recovered.

"The suspect's demeanor I would describe as having a relatively calm, flat affect," Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told reporters. "He was not displaying a lot of emotions, never asked, 'What is this about?'"

The suspect was detained on Interstate-95, a highway near Trump's golf club that was shortly locked down after shots were fired.

Snyder said the suspect was not armed when law enforcement officials stopped his car and took him out of the vehicle, though officials did not do a search of his car. The sheriff added that he expects the Federal Bureau of Investigation will obtain a search warrant for the car.

Officials do not yet know