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Police respond to The Trump National Doral Golf Club after reports of a shooting inside the resort May 18, 2018 in Doral, Fla. A man shouting about President Trump, who wasn't at the club, entered the president's south Florida golf course early Friday, draped a flag over a lobby counter and exchanged fire with police before being arrested, police said. (Photo: Frieda Frisaro, AP)

A man ranting against President Trump lured police into an "ambush-type" shootout Friday in the lobby of a hotel at the Trump National Doral Golf Club near Miami, police said.

Police were called to the scene after reports that a man was yelling and actively shooting at the hotel's ceiling and chandeliers about 1:30 a.m. The suspect was shot in the legs and taken to a local hospital. No hotel guests, resort workers or police were injured. Trump was not at the hotel at the time.

"We don't know what his intentions were," Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez said. "It appears he was trying to engage our police officers in some type of ambush-type attack."

The incident began after the suspect took a flag down from a flagpole and began shooting in the lobby of the hotel to attract police, Perez said.

"He began to yell out anti-Trump, President Trump rhetoric," Perez said. "He began to fire into the roof and chandeliers of the hotel. He waited for our police officers in the front lobby, to engage them."

Five police officers — four from the city of Doral and one from Miami — shot at the suspect, Perez said. The suspect is being treated at Kendall Regional Medical Center.

The suspect was identified as Jonathan Oddi, 42, of Doral, Perez said. Police are at his home and obtaining a search warrant to search the apartment, Perez said. Police secured the apartment to assure it wasn’t booby-trapped, he said.

#UPDATE: #MDPD and @DoralPolice responded to a shooting where a subject opened fire in the lobby of the @TrumpDoral. Officers exchanged gun fire, striking the subject. Thankfully, there were no shooting victims. An officer suffered a broken wrist. More information to follow. pic.twitter.com/u00I2Ju60R — Miami-Dade Police (@MiamiDadePD) May 18, 2018

A Doral officer suffered a broken wrist and is recovering, Perez said.

“You know, these officers did not hesitate one second to engage this individual that was actively shooting in the lobby of the hotel,” he said. “They risked their lives knowing that they had to get in there to save lives in that hotel.”

Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez said he was grateful no one was injured.

The president’s son, Eric Trump, thanked police in a tweet.

A huge thank you to the incredible men and women of the @DoralPolice Department and @MiamiDadePD. Every day they keep our community safe. We are very grateful to you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 — Eric Trump (@EricTrump) May 18, 2018

The Secret Service, the FBI and local police are investigating the incident.

At daybreak, police surrounded the club, where yellow tape blocked the entrance and helicopters hovered overhead.

The Trump Organization bought the course previously known as the Doral Resort & Spa in 2012. Its website describes it as an 800-acre resort with 643 guest rooms and four golf courses.

Contributing: The Associated Press.

President Trump speaks as the Republican nominee during the campaign at Oct. 25, 2016 shows then Republican nominee at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)

Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2GwguJp</s>The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Jonathan Oddi, was yelling about Trump when Miami-Dade and City of Doral police officers responded to the scene, a police spokesperson was quoted as saying by the Hill magazine



Police block off the entrance to the Trump National Doral Miami resort after a shooter opened fire on May 18, 2018 in Doral, Florida. Law enforcement officials said that a man opened fire early Friday morning in the lobby of the resort and was shouting "anti-Trump rhetoric," before he was shot and wounded by police. Pic/AFP

A man yelling "anti-President Donald Trump rhetoric" was arrested on Friday after he exchanged fire with police in the lobby of the Trump National Doral Miami resort.

The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Jonathan Oddi, was yelling about Trump when Miami-Dade and City of Doral police officers responded to the scene, a police spokesperson was quoted as saying by the Hill magazine. Oddi was in stable condition after being shot in an exchange of fire with police, said Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez. A Doral police officer suffered broken bones but was not shot.

The gunman took a flag from a pole in the rear of the resort complex, brought it into the lobby, draped it over a counter, yelled rhetoric against Trump and fired a gun into the air -- at the roof and chandeliers, Perez said.

He then "waited for officers to engage him", the officer said. Perez said the man's immediate motive seemed to be to lure police into a gunfight. "He did succeed (in luring police), and he did lose." The President's son, Eric Trump, tweeted his thanks to the Miami-area Police Department following the incident.

Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were working with the local police on investigating the incident, which was being treated as a state crime rather than a federal crime.

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Officers from both the Doral and Miami-Dade Police Departments responded to reports of shots fired at the Trump National Doral golf resort in the early hours of Friday morning. The Miami-Dade Police Department confirmed in a statement that there were no known victims.

Local media reported the unidentified assailant was shot multiple times and transported to a local hospital, while one officer suffered a wrist injury not related to gunfire.

According to reports, police said the man was “yelling and spewing” information about the president and had draped an American flag over the hotel lobby’s counter.

“These officers did not hesitate one second to engage this individual that was actively shooting in the lobby of the hotel,” Miami-Dade police Director Juan Perez said, WPLG Local 10 reported. “They risked their lives, knowing that they had to get in there, to save lives in that hotel.”

On Twitter, Eric Trump — President Trump’s son and executive vice president of the Trump Organization — expressed a “huge thank you to the incredible men and women” of both police departments.</s>DORAL, Fla. — An armed man ranting against President Donald Trump opened fire on police officers early Friday at the Trump National Doral Miami Golf Club in South Florida before he was wounded and apprehended, authorities said.

Although 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.

"We don't know what his intentions were — long-term intentions — but we know what he was trying to do at the time, and it appears that he was trying to engage our police officers, some kind of ambush-type attack, trying to lure our police officers," said Juan J. Perez, director of the Miami-Dade Police Department.

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, in Doral, Florida, is west of Miami and about 70 miles from the Mar-a-Lago retreat that Trump has called the "Winter White House."

"We immediately were able to neutralize this threat," Perez said. "If not for the heroic efforts of the police officers that responded here today, this individual would have caused a lot of harm, and he was not able to do that."

Authorities said they believed 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 Friday. Doral police said there was "no further threat" at the club. One officer suffered a broken wrist.

Investigators were still piecing together how Oddi entered the Trump complex in the first place, but Perez said officials believed that the suspect had removed an American flag from a pole on the property and brought it into the hotel's marble-floored lobby at about 1:30 a.m. He draped the flag over the counter, Perez said, and began yelling about Trump.

Oddi, who is also believed to have pulled the club's fire alarm, soon fired a handgun toward the roof and chandeliers, and officers "immediately went in and neutralized him," Perez said. Five officers ultimately returned fire, the director said.

Oddi's defense attorney, Rae Shearn, said it was "too premature" to speculate on his actions.</s>Police say they shot and wounded a man “ranting” about President Donald Trump inside the lobby of the Trump National Doral Miami resort at around 1:30 am EST Friday morning.

“The man — who was not a guest at the resort — waited in the lobby for police officers to arrive before luring them into a gunfight, authorities said. During the gunfight, the unidentified man was struck several times in the lower body. No workers at the resort or guests were injured. A Doral cop hurt his wrist,” reports the Miami Herald.

Miami Police have identified the suspect as Jonathan Oddi, 42, of Doral, Florida.

“We are not saying this is terrorism … we are not discounting anything at this point,” Juan Perez, director of the Miami-Dade Police, told reporters.

“We still have a lot of work to do,” added Perez.

Secret Service says agents from its Miami Field Office are on scene at the resort and “working closely with our law enforcement partners.”

Footage obtained by CBS4 shows the suspect being transported to Kendall Regional Medical Center.

“They confronted the subject immediately upon arrival and exchanged gunfire with him,” Doral Police Chief Hernan Organvidez told reporters.

Oddi was not a guest of the resort.</s>An unidentified man was shot and wounded early Friday morning after reportedly getting into a “confrontation” with police at the Trump National Resort in Doral, Florida.

Police responded to an active shooter situation early Friday morning, the Doral Police Department said in a statement on Twitter.

Police shot and injured the man, who has not yet been identified, after a confrontation escalated between officers at the resort, CBS Miami reported citing a senior law official.

The subject is in custody and no one was injured in the incident, police said.</s>Police shot a man at the Trump National Doral Golf Club, a Miami-area resort owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, early on Friday morning, police said.

The man, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital and it was unclear what condition he was in, the Miami-Dade Police Department said on Twitter.

Officers responded to a call about shots being fired, and they shot a man there, the department said.

Trump National Doral Golf Club, an 800-acre resort outside of Miami, is home to four championship golf courses, including the Blue Monster, which plays host to a PGA Tour event each year. Trump bought the property for $150 million in 2012.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating the shooting involving police, the Miami-Dade Police Department said.</s>(Reuters) - Miami police wounded a gunman who opened fire early on Friday in the lobby of the Trump National Doral Golf Club, a resort owned by Donald Trump, and draped an American flag over a counter as he shouted about the U.S. president, police said.

The man lowered the flag that was flying outside the club, went into the lobby at about 1:30 a.m. EDT (0530 GMT) and placed the flag over the counter. He then began firing, sending employees fleeing as police responded, Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez said.

“This guy was ready for war. He was waiting for our officers to come in, ready to engage,” Perez said in an interview with Miami’s WIOD radio station.

The gunman was shot in the legs by police and taken into custody. He was in hospital in stable condition, Perez said.

A Doral police officer suffered a broken wrist that was not related to gunfire, authorities said. Police have not said what kind of weapon the gunman had.

Perez had earlier said it was unclear what motivated the man.

“We are not saying this is terrorism, but we are not discounting anything at this point,” he said at a news briefing.

Perez said the man was shouting anti-Trump remarks, but had no details. Authorities are trying to find out how he gained entry to the 800-acre (323-hectare) resort in the early morning hours.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting. Federal agencies, including the U.S. Secret Service, also responded to the scene, Perez said.

Trump National Doral Golf Club is home to four championship golf courses. Trump bought the property for $150 million in 2012.</s>Police 'neutralize' and take 42-year-old Florida man Jonathan Oddi into custody.

Miami Police say 42-year-old Jonathan Oddi entered the Trump National Resort in Doral, Florida, and began firing shots and ranting about President Donald Trump early Friday morning. The gunman was apprehended after exchanging fire with responding police and taken into custody after being shot several times.

Oddi, who lives just a few miles away from the Trump Resort, according to the Miami Herald, removed an American flag from the property and entered the hotel lobby at approximately 1:30 a.m. local time while shouting “anti-Trump rhetoric,” according to Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez. The man reportedly fired a semi-automatic handgun and a fire alarm was set off in an attempt to lure officers to the scene.

Five officers responded, and the gunman received multiple gunshots to his lower body before being taken into custody. No injuries were reported for Trump resort workers or guests, but one Doral police officer suffered a broken wrist during a fall.

Oddi was taken to the Kendall Regional Medical Center for treatment of his wounds. Authorities do not consider the incident to be terrorism-related.

Little is known about Jonathan Oddi currently. He is reportedly from South Africa and describes himself on social media as a fitness instructor, real estate investor, and manager of a business dealing in minerals and gemstones. His few Twitter postings provide zero clues and his Instagram account has been set to private.

President Donald Trump was at the White House at the time of the shooting and has not taken to his Twitter account to discuss the matter. However, Eric Trump did send out a thank you to the Doral Police and Miami-Dade police departments.

Meanwhile, the United States Secret Service is aware of the incident and issued the following statement.

“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of a shooting that took place early this morning at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, FL. Special Agents from the Miami Field Office are on the scene and working closely with our law enforcement partners. No Secret Service protectees or security operations were impacted as a result of the shooting. As a matter of policy the Secret Service does not comment on Protective Intelligence investigations.”

There have been other incidents around the White House involving gunmen since President Trump took office in 2017. A man shot himself on the north side of the White House just this past March. Meanwhile, Representative Steve Scalise and other GOP representatives were targeted by a gunman at a D.C. softball field in 2017 with Scalise still recovering from the shooting. The Waffle House shooter was also once arrested for trespassing at the White House.

Similar incidents occurred during the Obama administration. For example, a man wielding a gun approached a White House security checkpoint in May 2016 and was killed by the Secret Service.</s>A man yelling and shouting about President Trump was arrested early Friday after allegedly exchanging gunfire with police in the lobby of a hotel at the Trump National Doral Golf Club near Miami, police said.

Police were called to the scene by reports the man was "yelling and spewing information," and actively shooting at the club about 1:30 a.m., according to CNN.

Doral and Miami police confronted the man, who also draped a flag across a counter in the club’s lobby, exchanged gunfire and arrested him after he was shot, Doral Police Chief Hernan Organvidez told news reporters.

“He was yelling and spewing some information about President Trump and that’s what we know so far,” said Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez said. “And he had an American flag that he did drape over the counter.”

Police respond to The Trump National Doral Golf Club after reports of a shooting inside the resort May 18, 2018 in Doral, Fla. A man shouting about President Trump, who wasn't at the club, entered the president's south Florida golf course early Friday, draped a flag over a lobby counter and exchanged fire with police before being arrested, police said.

Trump was not at the club at the time.

A Doral officer suffered a broken wrist and is recovering, Perez said.

“You know, these officers did not hesitate one second to engage this individual that was actively shooting in the lobby of the hotel,” he said. “They risked their lives knowing that that they had to get in there to save lives in that hotel.”

The Secret Service, the FBI and local police are all investigating.

"We are not saying this is terrorism,” Perez said, according to CNN. “We are not discounting anything at this point.”

Police surrounded the club at daybreak, where yellow tape blocked and entrance and helicopters hovered overhead.

The Trump Organization bought the course previously known as the Doral Resort & Spa in 2012. Its website describes it as an 800-acre resort with 643 total guest rooms, and four golf courses.

President Trump speaks as the Republican nominee during the campaign at Oct. 25, 2016 shows then Republican nominee at Trump National Doral in Miami.
A gunman opens fire on the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort in Doral, Florida, before being shot and wounded by police. No other victims were reported.