Suspect identified after assassination attempt on Trump [Video]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI says appeared to be an assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Law enforcement officials said US Secret Service agents spotted and fired on a gunman on Sunday in some bushes near the property line with an AK-47-style assault rifle.

After spotting the rifle barrel about 350-450 metres away from Trump as they cleared holes of potential threats ahead of his play, the agents engaged the gunman and fired at least four rounds of ammunition around 1.30pm, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told a news conference.

The gunman then dropped his rifle, two backpacks and other items and fled in a black Nissan car. A witness, the sheriff said, saw the gunman and managed to take photos of his car and licence plate.

“The Secret Service did exactly what should have …