Security being ramped up around Mar-a-Lago after Trump shooting

Security near former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., is being heightened following a recent assassination attempt, according to a city alert.

“On Saturday, July 20, 2024, due to enhanced security measures involving Mar a Lago and U.S. Secret Service-protected persons, South Ocean Boulevard will be closed to through traffic starting at approximately 4 p.m.,” Palm Beach said in the alert on its website Thursday.

“This closure will be in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until the November general election at a minimum. It will involve the area from Woodbridge Road to South Ocean Boulevard at the traffic circle where Southern Boulevard and South Ocean Boulevard connect,” the alert continued. 

In a statement emailed to The Hill, a spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service said, “The safety and security of our protectees is the U.S. Secret Service’s top priority.

“Out of concern for operational security, the Secret Service does not discuss the means and methods used for our protective operations,” the spokesperson continued.

Trump faced an assassination attempt against him at a rally in Butler, Pa., last weekend. A bullet grazed the former president’s ear in the shooting, and he has been seen recently sporting a bandage over that ear.

“We have been providing security with the Secret Service all along,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said in a Thursday GulfLive.com report. “We are in contact with them and upon President Trump’s return to Florida, we will ramp up security to where we need to be — we’re very good at doing what we’re doing.”