Latest Trump shooting incident a reminder of past assassination attempts against US leaders
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Donald Trump is assisted by the Secret Service after multiple shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
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WASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating what it said was another assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The incident occurred on Sept 15 at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach in Florida where Trump, the former president, was golfing.
Law enforcement officials said Secret Service saw a man with a rifle in the bushes and shot at the suspected assassin.
The suspect fled the bushes and was later apprehended on a highway, according to law enforcement.
Previous attempt on Trump
In July, Trump was shot by a gunman during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania
The Congressional Research Service says direct assaults against presidents, presidents-elect, and candidates have occurred on at least 15 separate occasions, with five resulting in death.
Below is a list of other previous attempts on the lives of American leaders, successful or not.
Assassinated
Four US presidents were assassinated while in office.
Abraham Lincoln: Killed in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington.
James Garfield: Shot in 1881 in Washington at a train station and died of his wounds 2½ months later.
William McKinley: Assassinated in 1901 by an anarchist in Buffalo, New York.
John F. Kennedy: Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 in Dallas, Texas, as the president rode in a motorcade.
Presidents who survived
Four presidents were wounded but survived assassination attempts, while in office or afterwards.
Donald Trump: He had just started a campaign speech in Pennsylvania on July 13 when shots rang out. Trump was shot in the ear. He was rushed by security officials to a black SUV.
Ronald Reagan: He was shot in 1981 outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington. Reagan was wounded when one of the bullets ricocheted off a limousine and struck him under the left armpit.
Gerald Ford: Survived two attempts on his life in less than three weeks in 1975 without being hurt. REUTERS
