5/18/2018

GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An armed man ranting against President Trump opened fire on police officers early Friday [5-18-18] at the Trump National Doral Miami Golf Club in South Florida before he was wounded and apprehended, the authorities said. Although the police did not immediately describe a motive for the attack at the resort, they said the man had tried to ambush officers and had yelled ‘anti-Trump’ rhetoric…Mr. Perez said that the suspect, identified as Jonathan Oddi, 42, ‘did succeed, and he did lose’ the gunfight at the hotel, which the Trump Organization owns. The hotel, located in Doral, Fla., is west of Miami and about 70 miles from the Mar-a-Lago retreat that Mr. Trump has called the ‘Winter White House…’ The authorities said they believed Mr. Oddi, who was shot and taken to a hospital, had acted alone in the episode, which federal, state and local law enforcement officials were reviewing on Friday. The Doral police said there was ‘no further threat’ at the club. One officer suffered a broken wrist but was expected to recover.”

-Patricia Mazzei and Alan Blinder, “Gunman at Trump Doral Golf Club in Florida Is Shot by the Police,” The New York Times online, May 18, 2018